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nounInflammation of the brain.
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nouninflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phrenitis’ is no longer in scientific use)
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Bulgarian енцефалит
- енцефалит (encefalit)inflammation of the brain
Catalan encefalitis
- encefalitisinflammation of the brain
Chinese Mandarin 腦炎 /脑炎
- 腦炎 /脑炎 (nǎoyán)inflammation of the brain
Czech encefalitida
- encefalitidainflammation of the brain
Dutch hersenontsteking, encefalitis
- hersenontstekinginflammation of the brain
- encefalitisinflammation of the brain
Esperanto encefalito
- encefalitoinflammation of the brain
Finnish aivotulehdus, enkefaliitti
- aivotulehdusinflammation of the brain
- enkefaliittiinflammation of the brain
- aivokuumeinflammation of the brain
French encéphalite
- encéphaliteinflammation of the brain
German Enzephalitis, Gehirnentzündung
- Enzephalitisinflammation of the brain
- Gehirnentzündunginflammation of the brain
Greek εγκεφαλίτιδα
- εγκεφαλίτιδα (egkefalítida)inflammation of the brain
Hungarian agyvelőgyulladás
- agyvelőgyulladásinflammation of the brain
Icelandic heilabólga
- heilabólgainflammation of the brain
Italian encefalite
- encefaliteinflammation of the brain
Japanese 脳炎
- 脳炎 (nōen)inflammation of the brain
Korean 뇌염
- 뇌염 (noeyeom)inflammation of the brain
Malay radang otak, ensefalitis
- radang otakinflammation of the brain
- ensefalitisinflammation of the brain
Polish zapalenie mózgu
- zapalenie mózguinflammation of the brain
Portuguese encefalite
- encefaliteinflammation of the brain
Romanian encefalită
- encefalităinflammation of the brain
Russian энцефали́т
- энцефали́т (encefalít)inflammation of the brain
Spanish encefalitis
- encefalitisinflammation of the brain
Swedish encefalit, hjärninflammation
- encefalitinflammation of the brain
- hjärninflammationinflammation of the brain
Tagalog magang-utak, ensepalitis
- magang-utakinflammation of the brain
- ensepalitisinflammation of the brain
Thai สมองอักเสบ
- สมองอักเสบ (sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep)inflammation of the brain
Turkish ensefalit, beyin iltihabı
- ensefalitinflammation of the brain
- beyin iltihabıinflammation of the brain
Vietnamese viêm não
- viêm nãoinflammation of the brain
Cite this entry
APA
encephalitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encephalitis
MLA
“encephalitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encephalitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encephalitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encephalitis.
Source: encephalitis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.