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encephalomeningitis vs encephalitis

encephalitis vs encephalomeningitis

encephalomeningitis and encephalitis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
encephalomeningitis Yes No No No
encephalitis Yes No No No
As nouns, encephalitis is a hypernym of encephalomeningitis; that is, encephalitis is a word with a broader meaning than encephalomeningitis:
  • encephalomeningitis: inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
  • 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)
Other hypernyms of encephalomeningitis include meningitis, cephalitis, phrenitis.
encephalomeningitis (noun) encephalitis (noun)
inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges 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)
Difference between encephalomeningitis and encephalitis

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