cerebrospinal meningitis

脑脊髓膜炎,脑脊膜炎,脑膜炎,脑脊液膜炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Pathology.
- : an acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord, caused by a specific organism, accompanied by fever and occasionally red spots on the skin.

as inspotted fever

Synonyms

Nancy was born with meningitis, septicemia, and hydrocephalus.
After their split, Jim Friel died shockingly at age 48 of bacterial meningitis.
Several years before Lou contracted ALS, Bruce Campbell, a Cleveland outfielder, came down with spinal meningitis.
Rarely, severe infections can lead to inflammation of the brain or meningitis.
Fortunately, the brain is suspended in cerebrospinal fluid designed to buffer the motions of every-day life.
"Sleeping sickness" is a late stage when the organisms have invaded the cerebrospinal fluid.
Examination of the fluid obtained by lumbar puncture is of value in diagnosis of certain forms of meningitis.
Tubercle bacilli can be found in the majority of cases of tuberculous meningitis.
Various organisms have been found in other forms of meningitis—the pneumococcus most frequently.
Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a very fatal disease at times in America.