equine encephalitis

Definitions of equine encephalitis
  1. noun
    encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
    synonyms: equine encephalomyelitis
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    type of:
    cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis
    inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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