"brain fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain fevers [plural], brain-fever [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brain fever (countable and uncountable, plural brain fevers)
  1. (pathology, dated) encephalitis or meningitis Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-brain_fever-en-noun-pXSVclDb Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (dated) A state of hysteria or temporary insanity caused by an emotional shock. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brain_fever-en-noun-KO2uCOA~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brain-fever bird

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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