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    INCLUSION BODY ENCEPHALITIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 yearsplay

    Synonyms:

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

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("inclusion body encephalitis" is a kind of...):

    panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)

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