SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis mean? 

• SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS (noun)
  The noun SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBACUTE SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS (noun)

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)