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woodcutter's encephalitis (medicine)


woodcutter's encephalitis -->
tick-borne encephalitis


1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats.

Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Western subtype).

2. (Eastern subtype) tick-borne encephalitis, a severe form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ticks (Ixodes pertulcatus and I. Ricinus).

Synonym: Russian tick-borne encephalitis.


precipice (medicine)


precipice


1. A sudden or headlong fall.

2. A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. "Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew." (Dryden)

Origin: F. Precipice, L. Praecipitium, fr. Praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae = before + caput, capitis, the head. See Pre-, and Chief.

Source: Websters Dictionary