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 |
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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 |
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Catalan | meningitis |
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