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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Meningitis \Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See Meninges, and
   -itis.] (Med.)
   Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
   [1913 Webster]

   Cerebro-spinal meningitis. See under Cerebro-spinal.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

meningitis
    n 1: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the
         meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal
         cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms
         include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea