Phrenitis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n,
     freno`s.]
     1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
        the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
        called also {cephalitis}.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. See {Frenzy}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phrenitis
       n : 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) [syn: {encephalitis}, {cephalitis}]