Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phrenitis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?.]
1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
called also {cephalitis}.
2. See {Frenzy}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phrenitis
n : 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) [syn: {encephalitis}, {cephalitis}]
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