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brain fever

n.
Inflammation of the brain or meninges, as in encephalitis or meningitis.
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brain fever

A common term for ENCEPHALITIS.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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In Brain Fever, however, she takes us north to New York City's SoHo., Greenwich Village and Brooklyn, places that, as a 1973 graduate of Fordham University, she knows nearly as well as her native shores.
When his fiance died, the 18th century Yorkshire farmer was struck with "brain fever", but recovered to resume his bizarre hobby.
"Viruses, bacteria and fungal spores are blown over from one place to another place along with climatic fluctuations increasing the risk of a whole range of infections like respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis and influenza, in addition to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), foot and mouth disease, brain fever (Meningitis) etc," he told the Times of Oman on Tuesday.
I felt really happy and special at that moment." Srikanth was also laid low with brain fever in what has been a really topsy- turvy year for the youngster but he has fought every battle courageously.
Are only lychees to blame for the brain fever deaths?
For some it is a romantic place of duels and trysts, where suitors in frock coats draw pistols to defend the honour of their betrothed and pallid maidens collapse with brain fever at the slightest adversity.
At the time it was thought that they would cause brain fever and imminent
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