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photophobia
choriomeningitis
postmeningitis
postmeningitic
cerebrospinal meningitis
tick borne encephalitis
meningitic
brain fever
encephalitis
pneumococcosis
myalgia
meropenem
headache
meninges
hib
meningism
pseudomeningitis
phrenitis
myelomeningitis
meningitides
bacterial meningitis
premeningitic
jamestown canyon virus
Definitions:
Noun
meningitis
Definition: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
Definition: Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.