meningoencephalitis

Noun

Meaning

inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cerebromeningitis encephalomeningitis encephalitis lumbar puncture brain disorder bacterial meningitis Kernig's sign infection of the brain brain inflammation brain swelling cerebrospinal fluid analysis brudzinski's sign cerebral infection cerebral inflammation encephalitic syndrome
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Hypernyms

encephalitis meningitis phrenitis cephalitis

Phrases with the word

cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Anagrams

encephalomeningitis

Examples

Another possible side effect is an infection of the nervous system, which occurs in one in 200,000 to 300,000 cases, causing yellow fever vaccine-associated neurotropic disease, which can lead to meningoencephalitis and is fatal in less than 5% of cases. Source: Internet

Before the introduction of the mumps vaccine, the mumps virus was the leading cause of viral meningoencephalitis in the United States. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

meningococcus conjunctivitis meningoencephalic meningoencephalitic meningoencephalocele meningoencephalocoele meningoencephalomyelitic