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spinal meningitis

n.

Inflammation of the membranes enclosing the spinal cord, especially a usually fatal form that affects infants and young children and is caused by a strain of gram-negative bacteria (Hemophilus influenzae).

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spinal decompression, spinal fusion, spinal ganglion, spinal headache, spinal marrow, spinal meningitis, spinal muscle of head, spinal muscle of neck, spinal muscle of thorax, spinal nerve, spinal paralysis
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