cerebrospinal meningitis

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Inflammation of the meninges of both the brain and the spinal cord.

cerebrospinal meningitis, fever

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute infectious form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, characterized by high fever, skin rash, delirium, stupor, and sometimes coma Also called epidemic meningitis

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cerebrospinal meningitis - meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, epidemic meningitis

meningitis - 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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