EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

Synonyms:

brain fever; cerebrospinal fever; cerebrospinal meningitis; epidemic meningitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("epidemic meningitis" is a kind of...):

meningitis (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)

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