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Definition of meningitis noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

meningitis

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˌmɛnənˈdʒaɪt̮əs//
 
[uncountable]
 
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a serious disease in which the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord become infected and swollen, causing severe headache, fever, and sometimes death
See meningitis in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary