panencephalitis
[pan″en-sef″ah-li´tis] encephalitis, probably of viral origin, that produces intranuclear or intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies that result in parenchymatous lesions of both the gray and white matter of the brain.
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pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis
(pan'en-sef'ă-lī'tis), A diffuse inflammation of the brain.
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panencephalitis
(păn′ĕn-sĕf′ə-lī′tĭs)n.1. Encephalitis that affects both gray and white matter of the brain, resulting in progressive loss of mental and motor functions.
2. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
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panencephalitis
Simultaneous inflammation of the gray and white matter. See Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis
(pan'en-sef'ă-lī'tis) A diffuse inflammation of the brain.
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panencephalitis
An ENCEPHALITIS involving the grey and white matter simultaneously. A very severe form affecting children is caused by a MYXOVIRUS (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005