cerebrospinal fever
1cerebrospinal fever — n CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS * * * (spotted fever) see meningitis * * * meningococcal meningitis …
2cerebrospinal fever — noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal • Syn: ↑cerebrospinal meningitis, ↑epidemic meningitis, ↑brain fever • Hypernyms: ↑meningitis * * * noun see cerebrospinal meningitis * * * …
3cerebrospinal fever — spotted fever; see meningitis …
4cerebrospinal meningitis — n inflammation of the meninges of both brain and spinal cord specif an infectious often epidemic and fatal meningitis caused by the meningococcus called also cerebrospinal fever * * * any inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal… …
5cerebrospinal meningitis — noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal • Syn: ↑epidemic meningitis, ↑brain fever, ↑cerebrospinal fever • Hypernyms: ↑meningitis * * * noun or cerebrospi …
6cerebrospinal meningitis — Pathol. 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. Also called brain fever, cerebrospinal fever. [1885 90] * * * …
7cerebrospinal meningitis — /sɛrəbroʊˌspaɪnəl mɛnənˈdʒaɪtəs/ (say seruhbroh.spuynuhl menuhn juytuhs) noun an acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord caused by a specific organism, and accompanied by fever and occasionally red spots on the skin; brain …
8Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …
9brain fever — noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal • Syn: ↑cerebrospinal meningitis, ↑epidemic meningitis, ↑cerebrospinal fever • Hypernyms: ↑meningitis …
10petechial fever — noun also petechial typhus : purpura hemorrhagica of the horse * * * petechial fever, 1. = typhus. (Cf. ↑typhus) 2. = cerebrospinal meningitis. (Cf. ↑cerebrospinal meningitis) …
