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Meningitis definition

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Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized by fever, vomiting, intense headache, and stiff neck.
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Inflammation of the meninges, esp. as the result of infection by bacteria or viruses.
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Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized by fever, vomiting, intense headache, and stiff neck.
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Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, usually resulting from a bacterial or viral infection and often characterized by fever, vomiting, an intense headache, and a stiff neck.
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(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
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Noun

Singular:
meningitis
Plural:
meningitides

Meningitis Sentence Examples

  • If you suspect meningitis you must seek urgent medical assistance.

  • The origins, kinds and processes of meningitis are more clearly distinguished, and referred each to its proper cause - for the most part bacterial.

  • Hannah had to have both of her legs and arms amputated after developing blood poisoning having caught meningitis when she was three years old.

  • Someone with meningococcal disease (meningitis and/or blood poisoning) is likely to become very unwell.

  • The doctors didn't even know what was wrong with her, at first; it was later that they diagnosed meningitis.

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