Meningitis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Meningitis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Meningitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meningitis n 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meningitis \Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See {Meninges}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. {Cerebro-spinal meningitis}. See under {Cerebro-spinal}.