phrenitis
English
Etymology
From Latin phrenītis, from Ancient Greek φρενῖτις (phrenîtis), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɹəˈnaɪtəs/, [fɹəˈnaɪɾəs]
Noun
phrenitis (countable and uncountable, plural phrenitides)
- (historical, medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
- Synonym: cephalitis
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 140:
- Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word φρήν, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage […].
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