‖ phrenitis Path.
(frɪˈnaɪtɪs)
[Late L. phrenītis, a. Gr. ϕρενῖτις delirium, f. ϕρήν, ϕρεν- mind + -itis. Cf. F. phrénite.]
Inflammation of the brain or of its membranes, attended with delirium and fever; brain fever.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. i. iv, Phrenitis,..is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage,..or else an inflammation of the brain. 1684 Boyle Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. iii. 28 Oftentimes the matter,..being discharged upon some internal parts of the Head, produces a Delirium or Phrenitis. 1841 Brewster Mart. Sc. iii. ii. (1856) 187 His wife was seized with fever, epilepsy and phrenitis. |