encephalitogen
English
editEtymology
editencephalitis + -o- + -gen
Noun
editencephalitogen (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.