Phrenitis

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs/
• US IPA: /fɹəˈnaɪdÉ™s/

Origin

From Latin phrenītis, from Ancient Greek φρενῖτις, from φρήν ("mind").

Full definition of phrenitis

Noun

1. (historical, medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 140:Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word φρήν, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage ....

Anagrams

• nephritis