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Noun: herpes encephalitis
  1. Common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
    "The MRI revealed lesions characteristic of herpes encephalitis";
    - herpes simplex encephalitis, acute inclusion body encephalitis

Type of: cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Herpes encephalitis