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dawson's encephalitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
daw-son's en-cephali-tis
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis SSPE inclusion body encephalitis subacute inclusion body encephalitis sclerosing leukoencephalitis subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis Bosin's disease Van Bogaert encephalitis

Questions

What does dawson's encephalitis mean?
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

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