MENINGITIS
Definition:
- [noun] infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- choriomeningitis
- cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, brain fever, cerebrospinal fever
- meningoencephalitis, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis
- leptomeningitis
