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