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meningitis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meningitis  \Men`in*gi"tis\,  n.  [NL.  See  {Meninges},  and 
  {-itis}.]  (Med.) 
  Inflammation  of  the  membranes  of  the  brain  or  spinal  cord. 
 
  {Cerebro-spinal  meningitis}.  See  under  {Cerebro-spinal}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meningitis 
  n  :  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 




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