HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herpes simplex encephalitis mean? 

• HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS (noun)
  The noun HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS has 1 sense:

1. common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes

  Familiarity information: HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute inclusion body encephalitis; herpes encephalitis; herpes simplex encephalitis

Hypernyms ("herpes simplex encephalitis" is a kind of...):

cephalitis; encephalitis; phrenitis (inflammation 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))