cerebrospinal meningitis

noun

, Pathology.

1. an acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord, caused by a specific organism, accompanied by fever and occasionally red spots on the skin.

cerebrospinal meningitis

noun

1. an acute infectious form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, characterized by high fever, skin rash, delirium, stupor, and sometimes coma Also calledepidemic meningitis

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebrospinal meningitis¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a very fatal disease at times in America.

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This disease may be mistaken at times for foreign bodies in the mouth or for the so-called cerebrospinal meningitis.

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Sometimes, however, there are epidemics of cerebrospinal meningitis—spotted fever, as it used to be called.

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In cerebrospinal meningitis the causative agent is unknown, but probably exists in the feed.

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