What is another word for meningitis?
Synonyms for meningitis
ˌmɛn ɪnˈdʒaɪ tɪsmenin·gi·tis
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Princeton's WordNet
meningitisnoun
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
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How to use meningitis in a sentence?
This is the original Ebola virus that she had many months ago which has been inside the brain, replicating at a very low level probably, and which has now re-emerged to cause this clinical illness of meningitis.
The virus re-emerged around the brain and around the spinal column to cause meningitis.
For example, rifampicin and rifabutin which can be used to treat or prevent diseases including tuberculosis and meningitis.
I was so scared to let Ollie undergo such major surgery. He was so fragile, and I couldn’t bear the thought of losing him, but doctors explained that he was at risk of contracting an infection or even meningitis if he tripped and knocked his nose— so I agreed to the surgery.
What happens is that the parasite gets into humans -- humans are not the host that it can complete its life cycle in, as opposed to being in a rat -- so when it gets in a human, it can get lost, and it will go to the brain, and it'll stay there, when it gets to the brain, you can have eosinophilic meningitis.
Translations for meningitis
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- التهاب السحاياArabic
- meningitida, zánět mozkových blanCzech
- Meningitis, HirnhautentzündungGerman
- meningitisSpanish
- aivokalvontulehdus, meningiittiFinnish
- méningiteFrench
- fiabhras-eanchainneScottish Gaelic
- agyhártyagyulladásHungarian
- մենինգիտArmenian
- heilahimnubólga, mengisbólgaIcelandic
- meningiteItalian
- 髄膜炎Japanese
- 뇌수막염Korean
- nekkrampDutch
- meningitePortuguese
- менингитRussian
- meningit, hjärnhinneinflammationSwedish
- menenjitTurkish
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