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phrenitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | Synonyms: cephalitis, encephalitis |
phrenologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: craniologist |
phrenology | (noun) a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties | - |