cerebrospinal meningitis

American  

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.

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cerebrospinal meningitis British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cerebrospinal meningitis

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Thus horses will help in the development of a serum to fight a new strain of cerebrospinal meningitis which, originating among Chinese workers in California last year, is moving eastward across the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

The notable disease increase was in cerebrospinal meningitis, with 12,500 cases in 1940 as against 1,500 in 1939.

From Time Magazine Archive

When businessmen complained, Dr. Adams promised to lift the quarantine after the five-day incubation period of cerebrospinal meningitis had elapsed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The serum developed from animal experimentation for cerebrospinal meningitis has reduced by more than one-half the deaths from this infantile scourge.

From Time Magazine Archive

The most frequent causes are acute rheumatic fever, diphtheria, pneumonia, cerebrospinal meningitis, scarlet fever, erysipelas, influenza, chorea, gonorrhea, sepsis and typhoid fever.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)