meningitis

noun

Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized by fever, vomiting, intense headache, and stiff neck.

noun

See forage-poisoning.

noun

Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

noun

Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

noun

See under Cerebro-spinal.

noun

Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

noun

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