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meningitis

/ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/

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What does meningitis mean?

noun

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

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/ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/

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At 2 years of age Hazel was very ill with gastritis and what was said to be spinal meningitis.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
He grew alarmingly ill, and the ship's doctor told me that he had developed tubercular meningitis, and that his recovery was impossible.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
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Unhygienic conditions, as unsanitary and poorly ventilated stables and filthy drinking places, play a very important part in the production of the simple or acute form of meningitis.
Robert Alexander CraigCommon Diseases of Farm AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #8502