Inflammation of the brain tissue, a serious medical condition that can cause fever, headache, and neurological problems.
From Latin cerebrum (brain) + -itis (inflammation). The suffix -itis is a standard medical term formation indicating disease or inflammation of the body part named in the root word.
Cerebritis is one of the scariest diagnoses doctors can give because the brain is protected by the blood-brain barrier, making it hard for antibiotics to reach infected tissue—so the body's immune system must do most of the fighting.
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