Definition of panencephalitis Panencephalitis

We found 2 definitions of panencephalitis from 2 different sources.

What does panencephalitis mean?

Noun Plural: panencephalitises
panencephalitis - diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
		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)
		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 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