First Known Use: 1950
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subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
noun subacute sclerosing pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis \-ˌpan-in-ˌse-fə-ˈlī-təs\
Definition of SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
: a usually fatal neurological disease of children and young adults caused by infection of the brain by a previously latent measles virus that is marked especially by intellectual deterioration, behavioral changes, myoclonic seizures, progressive deterioration of motor and mental functioning, and coma
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Origin of SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
panencephalitis from New Latin, from pan- + encephalitis
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subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
noun
Medical Definition of SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
: a usually fatal neurological disease of children and young adults that is caused by infection of the brain by a previously latent morbillivirus causing measles and that is marked especially by behavioral changes, myoclonic seizures, progressive deterioration of motor and mental functioning, and coma—abbreviation SSPE
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