meningitis
noun/ˌmenɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/
/ˌmenɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/
[uncountable]- a serious disease in which the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord develop an infection and become swollen (= larger than normal), causing severe headache, a high temperature and sometimes death
- He is suffering from viral meningitis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- bacterial
- meningococcal
- …
- case
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
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