'Meningitis' definitions:
Definition of 'meningitis'
(from WordNet)
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
Definition of 'Meningitis'
From: GCIDE
- Meningitis \Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See Meninges, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. [1913 Webster]
- Cerebro-spinal meningitis. See under Cerebro-spinal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meningitis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute articular rheumatism,
- adenoiditis,
- adrenitis,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- anthrax,
- appendicitis,
- arteritis,
- arthritis deformans,
- arthritis fungosa,
- arthritis pauperum,
- Asiatic cholera,
- atrophic arthritis,
- atrophic inflammation,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- black death,
- black fever,
- blackwater fever,
- blennorrhagic arthritis,
- brain fever,
- breakbone fever,
- bronchitis,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- bunion,
- bursitis,
- cachectic fever,
- capillaritis,
- carditis,
- catarrh,
- catarrhal inflammation,
- cerebellitis,
- cerebral meningitis,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- cerebritis,
- cerebrospinal meningitis,
- Chagres fever,
- chicken pox,
- cholera,
- chronic infectious arthritis,
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- cirrhotic inflammation,
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- colitis,
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- diphtheria,
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- encephalitis,
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- enteric fever,
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- erysipelas,
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- five-day fever,
- flu,
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- frambesia,
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- hepatitis,
- herpes,
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- ovaritis,
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- rabbit fever,
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- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rheumatism,
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- rheumatoid arthritis,
- rhinitis,
- rickettsialpox,
- ringworm,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
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- septic sore throat,
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- serum hepatitis,
- shingles,
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- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- spastic colon,
- specific inflammation,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- strep throat,
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- swamp fever,
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- tennis elbow,
- testitis,
- tetanus,
- thrombophlebitis,
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- tinea,
- tonsilitis,
- torticollis,
- toxic inflammation,
- traumatic inflammation,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis,
- tuberculous arthritis,
- tuberculous rheumatism,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus,
- typhus fever,
- ulcerative colitis,
- undulant fever,
- uratic arthritis,
- ureteritis,
- urethral arthritis,
- urethritis,
- uteritis,
- vaccinia,
- vaginitis,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- vertebral arthritis,
- viral dysentery,
- visceral rheumatism,
- vulvitis,
- whooping cough,
- wryneck,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster