how to pronounce encephalitis

/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtəs/

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encephalitis is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of encephalitis in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… bovine spongiform encephalitis the BSE …”

meanings of encephalitis

noun:

Inflammation of the brain.

encephalitis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word encephalitis occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.