encephalitogen
English
Etymology
encephalitis + -o- + -gen
Noun
encephalitogen (plural encephalitogens)
- Any substance that causes encephalitis.
- 2008, Ehud Lavi, Experimental Models of Multiple Sclerosis, page 3:
- At the time, there was much controversy over whether brain homogenate contained one or multiple encephalitogens, and over which of the partially purified mixtures prepared with the limited methods available was the relevant encephalitogen.
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