phrenitis noun. [frɪ'nʌɪtɪs] Now rare. E17.
[Greek phrēnitis delirium, from phren-: see PHRENIC, -ITIS.]
Medicine. Encephalitis; brain fever, delirium.

■ phrenitic [-'nɪt-] adjective affected with or suffering from phrenitis; subject to fits of delirium: L18.

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