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nouninfectious 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 nauseatype of:
Definition that contains meningitis
- cerebrospinal meningitis meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
- cerebrospinal fever meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
- epidemic meningitis meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
- brain fever meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal