postencephalitis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ encephalitis

Noun[edit]

postencephalitis (usually uncountable, plural postencephalitides)

  1. (medicine) A form of parkinsonism, believed to be caused by a viral illness, that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra and leads to encephalitis.
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