herpes encephalitis

Definitions of herpes encephalitis
  1. noun
    common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
    synonyms: acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis
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    type 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)
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