cerebrospinal meningitis
noun Pathology.
an acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord, caused by a specific organism, accompanied by fever and occasionally red spots on the skin.
Also called
brain fever,
cerebrospinal fever.
Origin of cerebrospinal meningitis
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby cerebrospinal meningitis
British Dictionary definitions for cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrospinal fever
noun
an acute infectious form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, characterized by high fever, skin rash, delirium, stupor, and sometimes coma
Also called: epidemic meningitis
Medical definitions for cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrospinal meningitis
n.
meningococcal meningitis