Usually means: Inflammation of the brain; delirium.
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  1. phrenitis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. phrenitis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. phrenitis: Vocabulary.com
  4. phrenitis: Wordnik
  5. phrenitis: Wiktionary
  6. phrenitis: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Phrenitis, phrenitis: Dictionary.com
  8. Phrenitis (Atrium Carceri album), Phrenitis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Phrenitis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. phrenitis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. phrenitis: Rhymezone
  12. Phrenitis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. phrenitis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. phrenitis: FreeDictionary.org
  15. phrenitis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. phrenitis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phrenitis: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. phrenitis: Medical dictionary
  4. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phrenitis)

▸ noun:  (historical, medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.

Similar:
cephalitis, encephalitis, periencephalitis, brain fever, meningoencephalitis, brain-fever, meningitis, phrenospasm, encephalomyelitis, aphrenia, more...

Opposite:
aphrenia, sanity, lucidity

Adjectives:
acute, idiopathic, pure, evident, greek

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Similar:
cephalitis, encephalitis, periencephalitis, brain fever, meningoencephalitis, brain-fever, meningitis, phrenospasm, encephalomyelitis, aphrenia, more...

Opposite:
aphrenia, sanity, lucidity

Adjectives:
acute, idiopathic, pure, evident, greek



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