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Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
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Meningitis — Classification and external resources Meninges of the central nervous system: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater. ICD 10 G … Wikipedia
Meningitis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 G00 G … Wikipedia Español
Meningitis UK — is a national charity based in the United Kingdom. Its sole focus is on prevention and funding lifesaving research to eradicate all forms of meningitis. Contents 1 History of Meningitis UK 2 Research programme 3 Past breakthroughs … Wikipedia
meningitis — f. neurol. Inflamación aguda o crónica de las meninges, en especial de la aracnoides y de la piamadre, así como del líquido contenido entre ambas membranas o el existente en el interior de los ventrículos cerebrales. Existen distintos tipos de… … Diccionario médico
meningitis — (plural meningitis) sustantivo femenino 1. Área: medicina Inflamación de meninges: En el colegio ha habido tres casos de meningitis … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Meningitis — Men in*gi tis, n. [NL. See {Meninges}, and { itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. [1913 Webster] {Cerebro spinal meningitis}. See under {Cerebro spinal}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meningītis — (grch.), Gehirnhautentzündung (s. d.). M. spinalis, Rückenmarkshautentzündung … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Meningitis — Meningītis (grch.), Gehirnhautentzündung (s.d.); M. cerĕbro spinālis, Genickstarre (s.d.); M. spinalis, Rückenmarkshautentzündung, s. Rückenmarkskrankheiten … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
meningìtis — m pat. upala moždanih opni koju većinom uzrokuju bakterije i virusi [oboljeti od ∼a] … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
Meningitis — er en betændelse af hjernerygmarvshinderne. Sygdommen giver feber, hovedpine og nakkestivhed … Danske encyklopædi
meningitis — (n.) inflammation of the meninges, 1825, coined from Mod.L. meninga, from Gk. meninx (gen. meningos) membrane, in medical Latin especially that of the brain (see MEMBER (Cf. member)) + ITIS (Cf. itis) disease. Related: Meningitic … Etymology dictionary
