encephalitogen means any substance that causes encephalitis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From encephalitis + -o- + -gen.
noun
- Any substance that causes encephalitis.“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.”