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Meaning of "brain fever" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRAIN FEVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAIN FEVER

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Brain fever is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRAIN FEVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brain fever

Brain fever describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as fever. The terminology is dated, and is encountered most often in Victorian literature, where it typically describes a potentially life-threatening illness brought about by a severe emotional upset. Conditions that may be described as brain fever include: ▪ Encephalitis, an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection. ▪ Meningitis, the inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. ▪ Cerebritis, inflammation of the cerebrum. In Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Crooked Man", the term is used to refer to a woman suffering from a state of shock when her husband has been murdered. The term is also used in "The Naval Treaty", in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; here it refers to Percy Phelps, an old schoolmate of Dr Watson’s, who was distraught after losing important diplomatic papers. He was so upset that he had a fit and went almost mad, before he “lay for over nine weeks, unconscious, and raving mad with brain fever.

Definition of brain fever in the English dictionary

The definition of brain fever in the dictionary is inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAIN FEVER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAIN FEVER

African swine fever
cabin fever
cat-scratch fever
dengue fever
east coast fever
ever
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gold fever
haemorrhagic fever
hay fever
jungle fever
Mediterranean fever
Q fever
recurrent fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
scarlet fever
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spring fever
swine fever
typhoid fever
yellow fever

Synonyms and antonyms of brain fever in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brain fever» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRAIN FEVER

Find out the translation of brain fever to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brain fever from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brain fever» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脑子发热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiebre cerebral
570 millions of speakers

English

brain fever
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मस्तिष्क ज्वर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حمى الدماغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воспаление мозга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

febre cerebral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মস্তিষ্ক জ্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fièvre cérébrale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Demam otak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hirnhautentzündung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脳炎
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뇌 발열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mriyang otak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sốt não
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூளை காய்ச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेंदूचा ताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyin ateşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

febbre cerebrale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gorączka mózgu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запалення мозку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

febră creier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκεφαλικός πυρετός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brein koors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjärnhinneinflammation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjernen feber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brain fever

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAIN FEVER»

The term «brain fever» is normally little used and occupies the 109.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAIN FEVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brain fever

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAIN FEVER»

Discover the use of brain fever in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brain fever and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brain Fever: A Novel
Timothy Rooney, aging boy wonder of the South Carolina lowlands, is off his medication and slowly going crazy.
Valerie Sayers, 2013
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The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the ...
Brain fever” was a catchall convenient diagnosis for physicians and a useful narrative device for writers of fiction. It is mentioned repeatedly in the tales of Sherlock Holmes, including “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,” “The Musgrave ...
E. J. Wagner, 2010
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Brain Fever
After waking up in an unfamiliar place, Adam Reynolds struggles to fill in the blank spaces in his memory, and find out who and where he is, and how he got there
Ron Dee, 1989
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The Lancet
The disease, in fact, is the typhus comatosus of Sanvages—-the brain fever of many practitioners. Similar symptoms are sometimes, though more rarely, met with in the course of enteric fever, and have lately been made the subject of a ...
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Lectures on the morbid anatomy, nature, and treatment of ...
In brain fever the look is rolling and restless, exceedingly variable according to the present impression. 2. In inflammation of the brain there is dropping of one or both eyelids ; in the first stage the pupil is contracted ; and in the last stage, ...
John Armstrong, Joseph Rix, 1834
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
It occurs in the collapse consequent on great excitation. Whereas phrenitis can generally be referred to other canses. In brain fever, the patient is at first irritable, then fretful, or he is remarkably busy and bustling; 'whereas in inflammation of the  ...
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The Social science review
malady is brain fever. These are mere words, because, in truth, there is no special disease known under that name. The term " brain fever " has now no scientific acceptance amongst advanced medical men. In olden time every disease that ...
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Deaf-mutes in the United States
Brain fever ranked third, being reported by 927 persons. It is probable, however, that in the great majority of instances "brain fever" is in reality merely another name for meningitis, in which case meningitis is actually the most important cause, ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Joseph Adna Hill, Reginald L. Brown, 1918
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East of Suez
The evening air was soft and warm, and heavy with the scent of babool-blossom, for the hot weather was creeping on apace, and already the mangoes had begun to take shape upon the trees, and the 'brain fever' bird's1 discordant song had ...
Alice Perrin, Melissa Edmundson Makala, 2010
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Mosquito Facts & Information
Brain Fever Brain fever is an infection caused by a virus or bacteria that results in inflammation of the brain. Brain fever is also called encephalitis. A person can be exposed by an insect bite such as a mosquito, inhalation of air that has been ...
James Andrew Jones

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAIN FEVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brain fever is used in the context of the following news items.
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Asheville Genealogy: What did granny call that illness?
•French pox or great pox: Syphilis (also known as “bad blood”). •Cramp colic: Appendicitis. •Fatty liver: Cirrhosis of liver. •Brain fever: Meningitis. «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
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Nottingham artist's 19th century painting to be auctioned for at least …
Richard Parkes Bonington's work was mostly executed in France but his life was tragically cut short when he died of a 'brain fever' in 1828. «Nottingham Post, Jun 15»
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Monsoon brings 25% rise in diseases in Aurangabad | Aurangabad …
The major concern paediatrics expressed was of children contracting encephalitis, commonly known as `brain fever`. Encephalitis usually ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
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Special camp in village to check fever
... of the village was admitted to the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital recently, but died of brain fever. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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The rise and rise of the brain fade
... brain fever (1772); brain fog (1853); brain lock (1934); and brain freeze (1988). Politicians have chosen to take up brain fade. It was literally a ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
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America's Forgotten First Black Millionaire And Inventor of San …
When this bachelor died of brain fever three years later on May 18, 1848, he was San Francisco's wealthiest man. His land holdings alone were ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
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Tamil Nadu at number 5: 7000 die of brain fever in 5 years
Dr T Jacob John, retired head of clinical virology , Christian Medical College, Vellore, said brain fever is often preventable. "JE is caused by the ... «Times of India, May 15»
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CM for joint research by experts on brain fever
PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday urged the premier medical research institutions in the state to join forces in fighting acute encephalitis ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
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Partners Unite to Battle Brain Fever
This disease, colloquially known as "brain fever," threatens three billion people -- predominately poor, rural communities in the Western Pacific ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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Brain fever killed 6500 kids across India, reveals RTI
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the killer diseases (common known as brain fever), are no longer ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Brain fever [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brain-fever>. Apr 2024 ».
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