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Meningitis

Meningitis Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Meningitis? [n] infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea Synonyms \| Synonyms for Meningitis: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Meningitis: acute articular rheumatism \| adenoiditis \| adrenitis \| African lethargy \| ague \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| appendicitis \| arteritis \| arthritis deformans \| arthritis fungosa \| arthritis pauperum \| Asiatic cholera \| atrophic arthritis \| atrophic inflammation \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| blennorrhagic arthritis \| brain fever \| breakbone fever \| bronchitis \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| bunion \| bursitis \| cachectic fever \| capillaritis \| carditis \| catarrh \| catarrhal inflammation \| cerebellitis \| cerebral meningitis \| cerebral rheumatism \| cerebritis \| cerebrospinal meningitis \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| chronic infectious arthritis \| chronic inflammation \| cirrhotic inflammation \| climactic arthritis \| clitoritis \| colitis \| collagen disease \| conjunctivitis \| cowpox \| cystitis \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| degenerative arthritis \| dengue \| dengue fever \| diffuse inflammation \| diphtheria \| dumdum fever \| dysentery \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis \| encephalitis lethargica \| endocarditis \| enteric fever \| enteritis \| equine encephalomyelitis \| erysipelas \| exudative inflammation \| famine fever \| fibroid inflammation \| five-day fever \| flu \| focal inflammation \| frambesia \| gastritis \| German measles \| gingivitis \| glandular fever \| glossitis \| gonococcal arthritis \| gonorrheal arthritis \| gonorrheal rheumatism \| gout \| gouty arthritis \| grippe \| hansenosis \| Haverhill fever \| hemophilic arthritis \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| hyperplastic inflammation \| hypertrophic arthritis \| hypertrophic inflammation \| infantile paralysis \| infectional arthritis \| infectious hepatitis \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammation \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| irritable bowel syndrome \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| laryngitis \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| lockjaw \| lumbago \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| mastoiditis \| measles \| menopausal arthritis \| metastatic inflammation \| metritis \| milk leg \| milzbrand \| mucous colitis \| mumps \| mumps meningitis \| myelitis \| necrotic inflammation \| nephritis \| neuritis \| obliterative inflammation \| ophthalitis \| ophthalmia \| orchitis \| ornithosis \| osseous rheumatism \| osteitis \| osteoarthritis \| osteomyelitis \| otitis \| ovaritis \| paradental pyorrhea \| paratyphoid fever \| parotitis \| parrot fever \| penitis \| pericarditis \| periodontitis \| peritonitis \| pertussis \| pharyngitis \| phlebitis \| pneumonia \| podagra \| polio \| poliomyelitis \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| proliferative arthritis \| prostatitis \| psittacosis \| pyonephritis \| pyorrhea \| pyorrhea alveolaris \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| reactive inflammation \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rheumatism \| rheumatiz \| rheumatoid arthritis \| rhinitis \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| rubella \| rubeola \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| sclerosing inflammation \| septic sore throat \| seroplastic inflammation \| serous inflammation \| serum hepatitis \| shingles \| simple inflammation \| sinusitis \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| spastic colon \| specific inflammation \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| strep throat \| subacute rheumatism \| suppurative arthritis \| suppurative inflammation \| swamp fever \| syphilitic arthritis \| tennis elbow \| testitis \| tetanus \| thrombophlebitis \| thrush \| tinea \| tonsilitis \| torticollis \| toxic inflammation \| traumatic inflammation \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| tuberculosis \| tuberculous arthritis \| tuberculous rheumatism \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| ulcerative colitis \| undulant fever \| uratic arthritis \| ureteritis \| urethral arthritis \| urethritis \| uteritis \| vaccinia \| vaginitis \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| vertebral arthritis \| viral dysentery \| visceral rheumatism \| vulvitis \| whooping cough \| wryneck \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| brain fever \| cerebrospinal fever \| cerebrospinal meningitis \| epidemic meningitis \| infectious disease \| leptomeningitis Meningitis In Webster's Dictionary \Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See {Meninges}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. {Cerebro-spinal meningitis}. See under {Cerebro-spinal}.

Meningitis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Meningitis?

[n] infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

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Meningitis In Webster's Dictionary

\Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See {Meninges}, and
{-itis}.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

{Cerebro-spinal meningitis}. See under {Cerebro-spinal}.

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