equine encephalitis

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   encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse

   Synonymsequine encephalomyelitis

   Broaderencephalitis

Questions about equine encephalitis

What does equine encephalitis mean?

equine encephalitis means "encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse".

What is another word for equine encephalitis?

Close synonyms include equine encephalomyelitis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equine encephalitis a common word?

equine encephalitis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.