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meningitis [ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n (Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain or spinal cord, caused by infection meningitic [ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒɪtɪk] adj
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Translations meningitis n → Hirnhautentzündung f, → Meningitis f n meningitis [meninˈdʒaitis] a serious disease in which there is inflammation of the membranes round the brain or spinal cord. meningitis إلْتِهاب السَّحايا менингит zánět mozkových blan meningitis die Meningitis μηνιγγίτιδα meningitis ajukelmepõletik مننژیت aivokalvontulehdus méningite דַלֶקֶת קְרוּם הַמוֹחַ तानिका शोथ, मस्तिष्कावरण शोथ meningitis agyhártyagyulladás meningitis heilahimnubólga meningite 脳膜炎 수막염 meningitas meningīts meningitis hersenvliesontsteking hjernehinnebetennelse zapalenie opon mózgowych meningite meningită менингит zápal mozgových blán meningitis meningitis hjärnhinneinflammation, meningit เยื่อหุ้มสมองอักเสบ menenjit 腦膜炎 менінгіт دماغ کی جھلی کا ورم viêm màng não 脑膜炎 meningitis → التهاب السحايا meningitida meningitis Hirnhautentzündung μηνιγγίτιδα meningitis aivokalvontulehdus méningite meningitis meningite 髄膜炎 수막염 meningitis hjernehinnebetennelse zapalenie opon mózgowych meningite менингит hjärnhinneinflammation เยื่อหุ้มสมองอักเสบ menenjit viêm màng não 脑膜炎 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In sub-Saharan Africa, cryptococcal meningitis occurs in 30% of AIDS patients and is likely to remain a substantial cause of death in these patients unless highly active antiretroviral therapy becomes available (6 8). Mielke is part of a team desperately trying to diagnose and help treat cryptococcal meningitis, a form of the brain and spinal disease which afflicts HIV-positive men and women and is usually lethal if left untreated. Approved November 13, 1994 for the treatment of pediatric patients with cryptococcal meningitis and candida infections. |
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