Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epidemic encephalitis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: epi-demic en-cephali-tis
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

Synonyms

sleeping sickness sleepy sickness lethargic encephalitis encephalitis lethargica

Questions

What does epidemic encephalitis mean?: an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

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