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Defenition of the word meningitis

    • Defenition of the word meningitis

      • Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain or spinal cord. Meningitis can be caused by a bacterium, fungus, or virus.
      • inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
      • 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

    Hyponyms for the word meningitis

      • brain fever
      • cerebromeningitis
      • cerebrospinal fever
      • cerebrospinal meningitis
      • choriomeningitis
      • encephalomeningitis
      • epidemic meningitis
      • leptomeningitis
      • meningoencephalitis

    Hypernyms for the word meningitis

      • infectious disease
      • inflammatory disease

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