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phrenitis

/fri-nahy-tis/US // frɪˈnaɪ tɪs //UK // (frɪˈnaɪtɪs) //

膈肌炎,肾炎,肾盂炎,肾脏炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
    • : delirium; frenzy.

Examples

  • In the month of August the fevers with a stupor and phrenitis came on apace.

  • Many of these who had accustomed themselves to the liberal use of spirituous liquors miscarried in the phrenitis.

  • A horse laboring under an attack of phrenitis is as violent as a horse can be.

  • In pathology, a dread of air (wind); a common symptom in hydrophobia, and occasionally present in hysteria and phrenitis.

  • Would any rational practitioner, in a case of phrenitis, or in the delirium of fever, order his patient to be scourged?