meningitis (men-in-ji'tis)

Inflammation MENISCUS of the cerebral or spinal meninges, usually involving the subjacent ti ues of the brain or spinal cord, acute cerebral m. Syn.: encephaloid m. Inflammation of the cerebral pia and arachnoid (never of the - dura), ascending m. Of Charcot, m. in which the inflammation commences in the lower portion of the spinal cord and ascends, basilar m. Inflammation of.the membranes of the inferior surface of Ihe brain, cerebrospinal m. Inflammation involving both cord and brain. chronic cerebral m. An affection made to include chronic vertical and chronic basilar m. epidemic cerebrospinal m. Syn.: spotted fever. An epidemic disease due to the action of the Diplococcus intra cellulars mening it i dis. Cutaneous eruption occurs in it, hence the name spotted fever, formerly given to it. fulminant epidemic cerebrospinal m. M. in which grave symptoms follow each other with great rapidity, metastatic m. M. occurring late in the course of an acute disease (e. g^, in pneumonia, ulcerative endocarditis, acute rheumatism, purulent pleurisy, and pericarditis), traumatic m. M. resulting from injury to the head, tuberculous m. A form of m. secondary to miliary tuberculosis, and affecting chiefly the pia (le frequently the dura also) at the base of the brain. [Gr., menigx, a membrane.] meningocele (men-in'go-sel). A congenital tumor protruding through an opening in a cranial bone or in the vertebral column, existing at the time of birth. i[Gr., menigx, a membrane, + kele, a tumor.] meningoce rebritis it is). Inflammatio n of(men-in"go-s er-e-bri'- both meninges and for a in. [Gr., menigx, a membrane, + ILat, cerebrum, brain, + Gr., it is, inflammation. ] meningococcus micrococcus of (men-in"go-kok'us). The cerebrospinal meningitis. See Diplococcus intracellular is, under dipiloc . [Gr., menigx, membrane, + Ikokkus, berry.] meningoencephalitis (men-in"go-en-sefal-it'is). Inflammation of the brain and its meninges. [Gr., menigx, a membrane, tion.] + egkephalos, brain, + it is, inflammameningomyces (men-in-gom'is-es). A fungous excrescence on the cerebral meninges. [Gr., menigx, a membrane, -fmylkes, a mushroom.] naeningo In flamm at i on of the(men-in"go myelitis spinal cord and )its. mi-e-li'tis meninges. [Gr., menigx, a membrane, + myelos, marrow, + it is, inflammation.] - mening Hernial cele sel). omyelo protrusio n of ao-mi-el'o (men-in-g part of the spinal cord and its membranes. [Gr., menigx, membrane, + myelos, marrow, + kele, hernia.] (men-in"g o-sim'fis-is). abnormals is Any osymphy anening adhesion of membranes. [IGr., menigx, a membran e, + syn, to- ^gether, + phyein, to grow.]