Daily Vocabulary for Bank Exams: 29th June 2019

What is acute encephalitis syndrome?

AES in short, it is a basket term used for referring to hospital, children with clinical neurological manifestations which include mental confusion, disorientation, convulsion, delirium or coma.

Is encephalitis different from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy?

Yes. The two conditions show very different symptoms and clinical manifestations.

Fever on the first day is one of the symptoms of encephalitis before brain dysfunction begins. While fever is seen in children in the case of hypoglycaemic encephalopathy, fever is always after the onset of brain dysfunction (actually due to brain dysfunction). And not all children exhibit fever. Some children have no fever, while others may have a mild or very high fever.

The blood sugar level is usually normal in children with encephalitis but is low in children with hypoglycaemic encephalopathy.
                                                                                            Source: The Hindu Editorial

Check the meaning of the bold words used in this paragraph:

manifestations(Noun)अभिव्यक्तियों

Meaning: the action or fact of showing something.

Synonym: display, demonstration

Antonym: ambiguous, clouded,

disorientation(Noun)भटकाव

Meaning: the condition of having lost one’s sense of direction.

Synonym: addle, baffle

Antonym:  reassure, satisfy

convulsion(Noun)ऐंठन

Meaning: a violent social or political upheaval.

Synonym: upheaval, eruption

Antonym: calm, peaceful

delirium(Noun)प्रलाप

Meaning: wild excitement or ecstasy.

Synonym: ecstasy, rapture

Antonym: lucidity, coherence

dysfunction(Noun)रोग

Meaning: disruption of normal social relations.

Synonym: Impaired

Antonym: Unimpaired, fit

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