SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS


Meaning of SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌpan-in-ˌse-fə-ˈlī-təs ]

noun

Etymology: panencephalitis from New Latin, from pan- + encephalitis

Date: 1950

: a usually fatal neurological disease of children and young adults caused by infection of the brain by a previously latent measles virus that is marked especially by intellectual deterioration, behavioral changes, myoclonic seizures, progressive deterioration of motor and mental functioning, and coma

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.