cerebrospinal meningitis

noun

, Pathology.

1. 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.

cerebrospinal meningitis

noun

1. an acute infectious form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, characterized by high fever, skin rash, delirium, stupor, and sometimes coma Also calledepidemic meningitis

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebrospinal meningitis¹

First recorded in 1885–90