meningitis
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- infectious disease hypernym
- choriomeningitis hyponym
- cerebrospinal meningitis hyponym
- meningoencephalitis hyponym
- leptomeningitis hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | infectious disease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | choriomeningitis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cerebrospinal meningitis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meningoencephalitis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leptomeningitis |