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phrenitis
[ fri-nahy-tis ]
noun
- inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- delirium; frenzy.
phrenitis
/ frɪˈnɪtɪk; frɪˈnaɪtɪs /
Derived Forms
- phrenitic, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of phrenitis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of phrenitis1
Example Sentences
Alexander has much to say with regard to phrenitis, a febrile condition complicated by delirium, which, following Galen, he considers an affection of the brain.
The doctor who had been called in from outside named the disease phrenitis.
He found in his autopsy observations confirmation of this view and concludes that "madness is to phrenitis what pulmonary consumption is to pneumony, that is, a chronic state of an acute disease."
The pulpit of the Parish Church will stand for ever before he upsets it, and he will never approach that altitude of polemical phrenitis which will induce him to smash any part of it.
At length George Dyer's phrenitis has come to a crisis; he is raging and furiously mad.
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