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epidemic meningitis

DEFINITIONS OF: epidemic meningitis

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n meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

Synonyms:
brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis
Type 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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