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View synonyms for cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrospinal meningitis
noun
, Pathology.
- 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
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cerebrospinal meningitis1
First recorded in 1885–90
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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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