"encephalitis" meaning in English

See encephalitis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/, /ɛnˌkɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/ Forms: encephalitides [plural]
Etymology: From encephal- + -itis. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|encephal|itis}} encephal- + -itis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|encephalitides}} encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)
  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the brain. Wikipedia link: encephalitis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: cephalitis, phrenitis Related terms: meningitis, sleeping sickness (alt: human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis) Translations (inflammation of the brain): էնցեֆալիտ (ēncʻefalit) (Armenian), енцефалит (encefalit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), encefalitis [feminine] (Catalan), 腦炎 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑炎 (nǎoyán) (Chinese Mandarin), encefalitida [feminine] (Czech), hersenontsteking [feminine] (Dutch), encefalito (Esperanto), aivotulehdus (Finnish), enkefaliitti (Finnish), aivokuume (Finnish), encéphalite [feminine] (French), encefalite [feminine] (Galician), Enzephalitis [feminine] (German), Gehirnentzündung [feminine] (German), εγκεφαλίτιδα (egkefalítida) [feminine] (Greek), agyvelőgyulladás (Hungarian), heilabólga [feminine] (Icelandic), encefalite [feminine] (Italian), 脳炎 (nōen) (alt: のうえん) (Japanese), 뇌염 (noeyeom) (alt: 腦炎) (Korean), radang otak (Malay), ensefalitis (Malay), മസ്തിഷ്കജ്വരം (mastiṣkajvaraṁ) (Malayalam), zapalenie mózgu [neuter] (Polish), encefalite [feminine] (Portuguese), encefalită [feminine] (Romanian), энцефали́т (encefalít) [masculine] (Russian), encefalitis [feminine] (Spanish), encefalit [common-gender] (Swedish), hjärninflammation [common-gender] (Swedish), magang-utak (Tagalog), ensepalitis (Tagalog), สมองอักเสบ (sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep) (Thai), ensefalit (Turkish), beyin iltihabı (Turkish), مېڭە ياللۇغى (më'nge yallughi) (Uyghur)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for encephalitis meaning in English (7.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "encephal",
        "3": "itis"
      },
      "expansion": "encephal- + -itis",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From encephal- + -itis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encephalitides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "encephalitides"
      },
      "expansion": "encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with encephal-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -itis",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "en:Pathology",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Australian encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "autoencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "cerebroencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Cree encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "eastern equine encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "encephalitic"
        },
        {
          "word": "encephalitis lethargica"
        },
        {
          "word": "granulomatous amoebic encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "herpesencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Japanese encephalitis virus",
          "word": "Japanese encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "leucoencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "leukoencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "meningoencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Murray Valley encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "panencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "periencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "polioencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "postencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Powassan encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Tick-borne encephalitis virus",
          "word": "tick-borne encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Venezuelan equine encephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ventriculoencephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "West Nile encephalitis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inflammation of the brain."
      ],
      "id": "en-encephalitis-en-noun-9CbAI2Ki",
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "Inflammation",
          "inflammation"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) Inflammation of the brain."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "meningitis"
        },
        {
          "alt": "human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis",
          "word": "sleeping sickness"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cephalitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "phrenitis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ēncʻefalit",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "էնցեֆալիտ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "encefalit",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "енцефалит"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalitis"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "腦炎"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǎoyán",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "脑炎"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalitida"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hersenontsteking"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "encefalito"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "aivotulehdus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "enkefaliitti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "aivokuume"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encéphalite"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalite"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Enzephalitis"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gehirnentzündung"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "egkefalítida",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εγκεφαλίτιδα"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "agyvelőgyulladás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "heilabólga"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalite"
        },
        {
          "alt": "のうえん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nōen",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "脳炎"
        },
        {
          "alt": "腦炎",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "noeyeom",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "뇌염"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "radang otak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "ensefalitis"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mastiṣkajvaraṁ",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "മസ്തിഷ്കജ്വരം"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zapalenie mózgu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalite"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalită"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "encefalít",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "энцефали́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "encefalitis"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "encefalit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hjärninflammation"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "magang-utak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "ensepalitis"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "สมองอักเสบ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "ensefalit"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "beyin iltihabı"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "më'nge yallughi",
          "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
          "word": "مېڭە ياللۇغى"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "encephalitis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˌkɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encephalitis"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Australian encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "autoencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cerebroencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cree encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "eastern equine encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "encephalitic"
    },
    {
      "word": "encephalitis lethargica"
    },
    {
      "word": "granulomatous amoebic encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "herpesencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Japanese encephalitis virus",
      "word": "Japanese encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "leucoencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "leukoencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "meningoencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Murray Valley encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "panencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "periencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "polioencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "postencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Powassan encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tick-borne encephalitis virus",
      "word": "tick-borne encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Venezuelan equine encephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "ventriculoencephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "West Nile encephalitis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "encephal",
        "3": "itis"
      },
      "expansion": "encephal- + -itis",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From encephal- + -itis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encephalitides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "encephalitides"
      },
      "expansion": "encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "meningitis"
    },
    {
      "alt": "human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis",
      "word": "sleeping sickness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 5-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms prefixed with encephal-",
        "English terms suffixed with -itis",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Pathology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inflammation of the brain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "Inflammation",
          "inflammation"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) Inflammation of the brain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "encephalitis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˌkɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cephalitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "phrenitis"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēncʻefalit",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "էնցեֆալիտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "encefalit",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "енцефалит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "腦炎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎoyán",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "脑炎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalitida"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hersenontsteking"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "encefalito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "aivotulehdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "enkefaliitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "aivokuume"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encéphalite"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Enzephalitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehirnentzündung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "egkefalítida",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εγκεφαλίτιδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "agyvelőgyulladás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heilabólga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalite"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうえん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōen",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "脳炎"
    },
    {
      "alt": "腦炎",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "noeyeom",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "뇌염"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "radang otak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "ensefalitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mastiṣkajvaraṁ",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "മസ്തിഷ്കജ്വരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zapalenie mózgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "encefalít",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "энцефали́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encefalitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "encefalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjärninflammation"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "magang-utak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "ensepalitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "สมองอักเสบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "ensefalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "beyin iltihabı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "më'nge yallughi",
      "sense": "inflammation of the brain",
      "word": "مېڭە ياللۇغى"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encephalitis"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.