subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
subacute sclerosing pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis
noun \-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
Origin of SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
panencephalitis from New Latin, from pan- + encephalitis
First Known Use: 1950
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