meningitis

meningitis
noun (plural meningitides) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1824 1. inflammation of the meninges and especially of the pia mater and the arachnoid 2. a disease marked by inflammation of the meninges that may be either a relatively mild illness caused by a virus (as the Coxsackie virus) or a more severe life-threatening illness caused by a bacterium (as the meningococcus) • meningitic adjective

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