meningitis
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mêninx) + -itis, equivalent to meninge + -itis.
Pronunciation
Noun
meningitis (countable and uncountable, plural meningitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- antimeningitic
- antimeningitis
- aseptic meningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- cephalomeningitis
- cerebromeningitis
- cerebrospinal meningitis
- choriomeningitis
- encephalomeningitis
- meningism
- meningitic
- meningitis W
- Mollaret's meningitis
- myelomeningitis
- pachymeningitis
- perimeningitis
- postmeningitis
- pseudomeningitis
- tuberculous meningitis
- uveomeningitis
Translations
inflammation of the meninges
Further reading
meningitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
meningitis f (invariable)
Further reading
- “meningitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mêninx) + -ītis.
Noun
mēningītis f (genitive mēningītidis); third declension
Declension
Plural forms are rare.
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēningītis | mēningītidēs |
| genitive | mēningītidis | mēningītidum |
| dative | mēningītidī | mēningītidibus |
| accusative | mēningītidem | mēningītidēs |
| ablative | mēningītide | mēningītidibus |
| vocative | mēningītis | mēningītidēs |
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
meningitis f (plural meningitis)
Further reading
- “meningitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28