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meningitis

/men-in-jahy-tis/US // ˌmɛn ɪnˈdʒaɪ tɪs //UK // (ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs) //

脑膜炎,脑炎,脑溢血,脑脊髓膜炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : inflammation of the meninges, especially of the pia mater and arachnoid, caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized by high fever, severe headache, and stiff neck or back muscles.

Examples

  • In the meningitis example I gave, the disease was so apparent to people that they really wanted to get vaccinated.

  • During the day-long meeting, however, the members discussed whether to allow vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot along with other vaccinations teens may need to get, including against HPV, hepatitis and meningitis.

  • As for Carlson’s broader case that deaths after coronavirus vaccinations far exceed deaths after other vaccines — he specifically mentioned the vaccine for bacterial meningitis — again, this is apples to oranges.

  • Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880, Helen Keller thrived as a healthy infant for 19 months, until she fell ill with what was probably meningitis.

  • Each got either the new coronavirus vaccine or a vaccine against bacteria that can cause meningitis.

  • 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.

  • One is meningitis, an infection of the lining of the brain, that is fatal in about 10 percent of cases.

  • 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.

  • Headaches may be occasioned by disorders of the brain and spinal column, such as meningitis.