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cerebrospinal meningitis

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cerebrospinal meningitis
n.
Inflammation of the meninges of both the brain and the spinal cord.
cerebrospinal meningitis, fever
n
(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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Noun1.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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Preliminary remarks upon epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis as seen in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Environmental risk and meningitis epidemics in Africa by Thomson, Madeleine C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Epidemics of cerebrospinal meningitis in this belt are often enormous (1).
Recent increase in meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis ... by Martin, Paul M.V. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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