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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meningitis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | infectious disease |
| Has types | cerebromeningitis, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, choriomeningitis, encephalomeningitis, epidemic meningitis, leptomeningitis, brain fever, meningoencephalitis |
Examples of meningitis
meningitis
They were suffering from tuberculosis and meningitis, and lying by the roadside.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This can include kidney failure, jaundice, meningitis and bleeding in the lungs.
From the dailyliberal.com.au
No, you're not likely to contract meningitis, but better safe than sorry, right?
From the edition.cnn.com
Some 400 million people in Africa are potentially at risk of getting meningitis.
From the voanews.com
They'd removed some spinal fluid to see if the baby had some type of meningitis.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
The suits stem from a 1996 outbreak of bacterial meningitis in northern Nigeria.
From the bloomberg.com
More meningitis vaccines are being designed and are in the pipeline, Baker said.
From the signonsandiego.com
There is one case of meningitis in a Chicago resident, but no cases in Missouri.
From the stltoday.com
More severe cases can lead to meningitis, encephalitis or neurological diseases.
From the stltoday.com
- 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
- Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia
- An inflammation of the brain coverings that is almost always associated with headache. The inflammation causes a stiff neck, which is typical of meningitis, and a high temperature. Immediate care is necessary. ...
- Inflations of brain or spinal cord
- Inflammation of the meninges, usually due to a bacterial infection but sometimes from viral, protozoan, or other causes (in some cases the cause cannot be determined).
- A disease that may be either a mild illness caused by any of numerous viruses (as various coxsackieviruses) or a more severe usually life-threatening illness caused by a bacterium (especially the meningococcus or the serotype designated B of Hemophilus influenzae), that may be associated with ...
- An infection of the central nervous system. May be diagnosed by doing a lumbar puncture.
- This is a serious illness where the meninges become inflamed, usually because of an infection. Some types of meningitis are very serious indeed, and need treatment very quickly.
- Inflammation of the meninges. Meningitis can result from a bacterial or a viral infection. Scarring of the arachnoid membrane resulting from meningitis can restrict or block cerebrospinal fluidflow and absorption.
