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Noun: brain fever  breyn fee-vu(r)
Usage: archaic
  1. Meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
    "The child was rushed to the hospital with symptoms of brain fever";
    - cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, cerebrospinal fever

Derived forms: brain fevers

Type of: meningitis

Encyclopedia: Brain fever