postencephalitis

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ encephalitis.

Noun

postencephalitis (usually uncountable, plural postencephalitides)

  1. (medicine) A form of parkinsonism, believed to be caused by a viral illness, that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra and leads to encephalitis.
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