💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Meningitis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| meningococcal | (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by meningococci. |
| diseasenoun | (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. |
| meningoencephalitisnoun | (pathology) Inflammation of the brain and the meninges. |
| leptomeningitisnoun | (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges |
| pachymeningitisnoun | (medicine) Inflammation of the dura mater of the brain, or of the spinal cord. |
| brain-fevernoun | (pathology) Alternative spelling of brain fever. [(pathology, dated) encephalitis or meningitis] |
| meningismnoun | (medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges. |
| meningiosisnoun | Alternative form of meningitis. [(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.] |
| meningismusnoun | Alternative form of meningism. [(medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges.] |
| meningoventriculitisnoun | (pathology) inflammation of the meninges and ventricles of the brain |
| meningoencephalomyelitisnoun | (pathology) A form of encephalomyelitis that also affects the meninges |
| cephalomeningitisnoun | (pathology) Synonym of meningitis. |
| meningioencephalitisnoun | Alternative form of meningoencephalitis. [(pathology) Inflammation of the brain and the meninges.] |
| encephalomeningitisnoun | (pathology) Synonym of meningoencephalitis. |
| periencephalitisnoun | Inflammation of the cerebral membranes, particularly leptomeningitis or inflammation of the pia mater. |
| cerebromeningitisnoun | (pathology) Synonym of meningoencephalitis. |
| brain fevernoun | (pathology, dated) encephalitis or meningitis |
| cerebrospinal meningitisnoun | (pathology) meningitis |
| meningoencephalopathynoun | (pathology) Any encephalopathy that also affects the meninges |
| encephalomyelitisnoun | (pathology) Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. |
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- ofmeningitis
- bacterialmeningitis
- tuberculousmeningitis
- spinalmeningitis
- asepticmeningitis
- andmeningitis
- inmeningitis
- cerebrospinalmeningitis
- cryptococcalmeningitis
- withmeningitis
- tubercularmeningitis
- meningococcalmeningitis
- ormeningitis
- viralmeningitis
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