SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS

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Meaning:

A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

Synonyms:

Bosin's disease; Dawson's encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; subacute inclusion body encephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis" is a kind of...):

panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)

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