| NOUN | state | meningitis | infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection |
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| Sounds | meh.nahnjhay'tahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Narrower | cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, brain fever, cerebrospinal fever | meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal |
| choriomeningitis | A cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | |
| leptomeningitis | inflammation of the leptomeninges | |
| meningoencephalitis, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis | inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | |
| Broader | infectious disease | A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
| Catalan | meningitis | |
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