DAWSON'S ENCEPHALITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dawson's encephalitis mean? 

• DAWSON'S ENCEPHALITIS (noun)
  The noun DAWSON'S ENCEPHALITIS has 1 sense:

1. a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

  Familiarity information: DAWSON'S ENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAWSON'S ENCEPHALITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Bosin's disease; Dawson's encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; subacute inclusion body encephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis

Hypernyms ("Dawson's encephalitis" is a kind of...):

panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)