meningitis

men·in·gi·tis  (mnn-jts)

n.

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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menin·gitic (-jtk) adj.

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meningitis [men-in-jite-iss]

Noun

inflammation of the meninges, caused by infection and causing severe headache, fever, and rigidity of the neck muscles

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meningitis  (mnn-jts)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 choriomeningitis - a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis - meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis - inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges leptomeningitis - inflammation of the leptomeninges

Translations

meningitis [mɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n → meningitis f

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meningitis [mɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n → méningite f

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meningitis [mɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n → Hirnhautentzündung f

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meningitis [mɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n → meningite f

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meningitis

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