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epidemic meningitis
epidemic meningitis n (Pathology) another name for cerebrospinal meningitis Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | epidemic meningitis - meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatalbrain fever, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitismeningitis - 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 |
EncyclopediaSeecerebrospinal meningitisepidemic meningitis
epidemic meningitis A term variously used for:
(1) Meningococcal meningitis (most commonly);
(2) Bacterial meningitis;
(3) Nonbacterial meningitides.epidemic meningitis
Related to epidemic meningitis: epidemic encephalitisSynonyms for epidemic meningitisnoun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatalSynonyms- brain fever
- cerebrospinal fever
- cerebrospinal meningitis
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