meningitis

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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
• Hypernyms:
infectious disease
• Hyponyms:
choriomeningitis, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, brain fever, cerebrospinal fever,
meningoencephalitis, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, leptomeningitis