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/mˌɛnɪndʒˈaɪtɪs/
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[ US /ˌmɛnənˈdʒaɪtəs/ ]
[ US /ˌmɛnənˈdʒaɪtəs/ ]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use meningitis In A Sentence
- In the majority of cases, however, suppuration occurs between the dura and the bone -- _suppurative pachymeningitis_ -- and leads to the formation of an _extra-dural abscess_ (Fig. 192). Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- Elevated intracranial pressure is present in many pathologic states, including meningitis, intracranial hemorrhage, and tumors.
- Methods Gender, age, economic income, vaccine history, residence and immunologic function of 35 cases of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and 70 normal people were analyzed.
- The most common causes of viral meningitis are enteroviruses, herpes simplex virus, and HIV.
- The first concern is to rule out treatable forms of dementia such as encephalitis or chronic meningitis.
- When I had viral meningitis at the end of 2010 and was in hospital for more than a week. The Sun
- In early January, the Fredericton woman contracted a potentially fatal condition called cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal disease carried in the feces of pigeons. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
- Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
- Methods Gender, age, economic income, vaccine history, residence and immunologic function of 35 cases of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and 70 normal people were analyzed.
- He believes it to consist in a pachymeningitis combined with a certain degree of sclero-gliosis of the periphery of the cord. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
