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Definição e significado de Meningitis
Definição
meningitis (n.)
1.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
Meningitis (n.)
1.(MeSH)Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (e.g., carcinomatous meningitis), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)
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Merriam Webster
MeningitisMen`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.
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Meningitis (n.) (MeSH)
meningitis (n.)
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⇨ Adenoviral meningitis • Anthrax meningitis • Aseptic Meningitis • Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified • Bacterial meningitis, unspecified • Benign recurrent meningitis [Mollaret] • Candidal meningitis • Chronic meningitis • Coccidioidomycosis meningitis • Coxsackievirus meningitis • Cryptococcal Meningitis • Cryptococcal meningitis • Echovirus meningitis • Enteroviral meningitis • Escherichia coli Meningitis • Fungal Meningitis • Gonococcal meningitis • Haemophilus meningitis • Herpesviral meningitis • Late syphilitic meningitis • Listerial meningitis • Listerial meningitis and meningoencephalitis • Malaria Meningitis • Meningitis (due to) adenoviral • Meningitis (due to) enteroviral • Meningitis (due to) herpesviral [herpes simplex] • Meningitis (due to) infectious mononucleosis • Meningitis (due to) measles • Meningitis (due to) mumps • Meningitis (due to) rubella • Meningitis (due to) varicella [chickenpox] • Meningitis (due to) zoster • Meningitis (in) Lyme disease • Meningitis (in) anthrax • Meningitis (in) candidal • Meningitis (in) coccidioidomycosis • Meningitis (in) cryptococcal • Meningitis (in) gonococcal • Meningitis (in) leptospirosis • Meningitis (in) listerial • Meningitis (in) meningococcal • Meningitis (in) neurosyphilis • Meningitis (in) salmonella infection • Meningitis (in) syphilis congenital • Meningitis (in) syphilis secondary • Meningitis (in) tuberculous • Meningitis (in) typhoid fever • Meningitis due to African trypanosomiasis • Meningitis due to Chagas' disease (chronic) • Meningitis due to Escherichia coli • Meningitis due to Friedländer bacillus • Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae • Meningitis due to Klebsiella • Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes • Meningitis due to other specified causes • Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere • Meningitis in mycoses • Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere • Meningitis in other specified infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere • Meningitis in viral diseases classified elsewhere • Meningitis purulent NOS • Meningitis pyogenic NOS • Meningitis suppurative NOS • Meningitis, Aseptic • Meningitis, Bacterial • Meningitis, Cryptococcal • Meningitis, Escherichia coli • Meningitis, Fungal • Meningitis, Haemophilus • Meningitis, Haemophilus aphrophilus • Meningitis, Haemophilus influenzae Type F • Meningitis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae • Meningitis, Hemophilus • Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae Type F • Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae, Type B • Meningitis, Listeria • Meningitis, Meningococcal • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup A • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup B • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup C • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W-135 • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W135 • Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup Y • Meningitis, Meningococcic • Meningitis, Pneumococcal • Meningitis, Pneumococcal, Experimental • Meningitis, Pneumococcal, Penicillin-Resistant • Meningitis, Pneumococcal, Recurrent • Meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae • Meningitis, Tuberculous • Meningitis, Viral • Meningitis, unspecified • Meningitis-Like Reaction • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup A • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup B • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup C • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W-135 • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W135 • Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup Y • Meningococcal meningitis • Mollaret's meningitis • Mumps meningitis • Nonbacterial meningitis • Nonpyogenic meningitis • Other bacterial meningitis • Other viral meningitis • Plague meningitis • Pneumococcal meningitis • Postmeasles meningitis • Rubella meningitis • Salmonella meningitis • Staphylococcal meningitis • Streptococcal meningitis • Tuberculosis Meningitis • Tuberculous meningitis • Varicella meningitis • Viral Meningitis • Viral meningitis • Viral meningitis, unspecified • West Nile Fever Meningitis • Zoster meningitis • cerebrospinal meningitis • epidemic meningitis • listeria meningitis • meningitis bacterial • meningitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] • meningitis due to measles virus • meningitis due to mumps virus • meningitis due to other and unspecified causes • meningitis due to poliomyelitis virus • meningitis due to zoster • viral meningitis NOS
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Dicionario analógico
Meningitis (n.)
[MeSH]
meningitis (n.)
infectious disease[Hyper.]
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