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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Nearby words
- spinal decompression,
- spinal fusion,
- spinal ganglion,
- spinal headache,
- spinal marrow,
- spinal muscle of head,
- spinal muscle of neck,
- spinal muscle of thorax,
- spinal nerve,
- spinal paralysis
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