encephalomeningitis
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1. inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges (noun.state)
hypernym | : | meningitis, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.state) |
hypernym | : | cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis, |
definition | : | inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) (noun.state) |
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