meningitis

Word family adjectivemeningealmeningiticmeningococcalnounmeningiomameningitismeningocelemeninxmeningococcus

Related topics: Illness & disability

men·in·gi·tis /ˌmenɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/ noun [uncountableU]

MIa serious illness in which the outer part of the brain becomes swollen 脑（脊）膜炎

Examples from the Corpus

meningitis• Rarely, a subarachnoid bleed can present with high fever, stiff neck, and headache masquerading as meningitis.• Bacterial meningitis 1,402 0. 6.• Bacterial meningitis must always be considered in a febrile person with severe headache.• He's likely to get meningitis from the wound.• Researchers at Gloucesters public health laboratories have been carrying out a long term study into more than three hundred cases of meningitis.• As a result of a concussion he contracted spinal meningitis and almost died.• He says a child with meningitis could need urgent treatment and may not get it fast enough because its too far.

Origin meningitis

(1800-1900) Latin meninx “outer part of the brain” + English -itis

词汇	meningitis
释义	meningitis Word family adjectivemeningealmeningiticmeningococcalnounmeningiomameningitismeningocelemeninxmeningococcus Related topics: Illness & disability men·in·gi·tis /ˌmenɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/ noun [uncountableU] MIa serious illness in which the outer part of the brain becomes swollen 脑（脊）膜炎 Examples from the Corpus meningitis• Rarely, a subarachnoid bleed can present with high fever, stiff neck, and headache masquerading as meningitis.• Bacterial meningitis 1,402 0. 6.• Bacterial meningitis must always be considered in a febrile person with severe headache.• He's likely to get meningitis from the wound.• Researchers at Gloucesters public health laboratories have been carrying out a long term study into more than three hundred cases of meningitis.• As a result of a concussion he contracted spinal meningitis and almost died.• He says a child with meningitis could need urgent treatment and may not get it fast enough because its too far. Origin meningitis (1800-1900) Latin meninx “outer part of the brain” + English -itis
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