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phrenitis
[ fri-nahy-tis ]
noun
- inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- delirium; frenzy.
phrenitis
/ frɪˈnɪtɪk; frɪˈnaɪtɪs /
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Derived Forms
- phrenitic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phrenitis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phrenitis1
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Example Sentences
In the month of August the fevers with a stupor and phrenitis came on apace.
Many of these who had accustomed themselves to the liberal use of spirituous liquors miscarried in the phrenitis.
A horse laboring under an attack of phrenitis is as violent as a horse can be.
In pathology, a dread of air (wind); a common symptom in hydrophobia, and occasionally present in hysteria and phrenitis.
Would any rational practitioner, in a case of phrenitis, or in the delirium of fever, order his patient to be scourged?
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