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pachymeningitis

British  
/ ˌpækɪˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. pathol inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord

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He believes it to consist in a pachymeningitis combined with a certain degree of sclero-gliosis of the periphery of the cord.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

At the autopsy are found hyperemia of the arachnoid, and slight chronic leptomeningitis and pachymeningitis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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