cerebrospinal meningitises

cerebrospinal meningitis

 
noun Pathology.
an acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord, caused by a specific organism, accompanied by fever and occasionally red spots on the skin.
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Also called brain fever, cerebrospinal fever.

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1885–90
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cerebrospinal meningitis n.
See meningococcal meningitis.

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