EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse

Synonyms:

equine encephalitis; equine encephalomyelitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("equine encephalomyelitis" is a kind of...):

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))

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