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Definition of Meningoencephalitis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.
Generic synonyms: Meningitis, Cephalitis, Encephalitis, Phrenitis
Definition of Meningoencephalitis
1. Noun. (pathology) inflammation of the brain and the meninges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Meningoencephalitis
1. Inflammation of both the brain and meninges. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meningoencephalitis
Literary usage of Meningoencephalitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Magoffin French, Charles Spencer Williamson (1908)
"Remarkable success has followed evacuation and drainage of the abscess in some
cases. CHRONIC meningoencephalitis. ..."
2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"It may be manifested as a mild meningoencephalitis or as an encephalomyelitis,
the latter possibly resulting from a low capillary resistance such as is seen ..."
3. Index of 1180 post-mortems of the insane: State Hospital for the Insane by Henry J. Sommer, Allen John Smith (1908)
"... dilated perivascular spaces; chronic meningoencephalitis; gangrene of lung
... dilated perivascular spaces; atrophie meningoencephalitis hypostasis ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"In a small number of cases, acute meningitis, meningoencephalitis, ... Cases of
meningitis, acute meningoencephalitis, and mild vascular syphilis usually ..."
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