cerebrospinal fever

Definitions of cerebrospinal fever
  1. noun
    meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
    synonyms: brain fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis
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    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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