Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the brain and meninges.
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- noun pathology
inflammation of thebrain and themeninges
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- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
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Examples
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In what scientists say might be the first case of its kind, a new report details the story of a 62-year-old man in New York state who died last year of meningoencephalitis, apparently after being bitten by a deer tick infected with deer tick virus.
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Central to their findings was the appearance at a London auction in 1982 of Wilde's medical certificate that showed he had developed meningoencephalitis, a chronic middle-ear infection.
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In rare cases, mumps meningoencephalitis could end up in permanent neurological problems such as paralysis, seizures, cranial nerve palsies and hydrocephalus.
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The proportion of patients developing these three types of complications is about 0. 5-2% for eye disease, and less than 1% for meningoencephalitis and haemorrhagic fever syndrome.
Chapter 2 2000
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Death in patients with only meningoencephalitis is uncommon.
Chapter 2 2000
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This generally appears as one of several recognizable syndromes: eye disease, meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the brain and surrounding tissue) or haemorrhagic fever.
Chapter 2 2000
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- Give supportive therapy for meningoencephalitis:
Chapter 13 1993
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The trials were cut short in 2002 because 6 per cent of the patients developed meningoencephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that resulted in several deaths.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ADRIANA BARTON 2011
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Earlier in the season, according to news reports, one person in Louisianaand another in Virginia also died from the "brain-eating" malady amoebic meningoencephalitis, which causes headache, stiffness, fever and nausea before leading to almost-certain death.
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Earlier in the season, according to news reports, one person in Louisianaand another in Virginia also died from the "brain-eating" malady amoebic meningoencephalitis, which causes headache, stiffness, fever and nausea before leading to almost-certain death.
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