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encephalitis vs meningoencephalitis

meningoencephalitis vs encephalitis

encephalitis and meningoencephalitis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
encephalitis Yes No No No
meningoencephalitis Yes No No No
As nouns, meningoencephalitis is a hyponym of encephalitis; that is, meningoencephalitis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than encephalitis:
  • encephalitis: 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)
  • meningoencephalitis: inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
encephalitis (noun) meningoencephalitis (noun)
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) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
Difference between encephalitis and meningoencephalitis

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