| GNBM | gram-negative bacillary meningitis |
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| men | meningeal; meningitis; meniscus; menstruation |
| MM | macromolecule; Maelzels metronome; major medical [insurance]; malignant melanoma; manubrium to malle... |
| PTM | posterior trabecular meshwork; posttransfusion mononucleosis; post-traumatic meningitis; prothymosin... |
| TBM | total body mass; tracheobronchiomegaly; trophoblastic basement membrane; tuberculous meningitis; tub... |
| SED | Staphylococcal enterotoxin D |
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| SE | Staphylococcal exotoxins |
| occlusive meningitis | Leptomeningitis causing occlusion of the spinal fluid pathways. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| otitic meningitis | Infection of the meninges secondary to mastoiditis or otitis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eosinophilic meningitis | Infection of animals and man with nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus. Synonym: eosinophilic meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis | An acute infectious disease affecting children and young adults, caused by Neisseria meningitidis; characterised by nasopharyngeal catarrh, headache, vomiting, convulsions, stiffness in the neck (nuchal rigidity), photophobia, constipation, cutaneous hyperesthesia, a purpuric or herpetic eruption, and the presence of Kernig's sign. Fulminant form may cause Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. Synonym: cerebrospinal fever, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidural meningitis | Inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. Synonym: epidural meningitis, external meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous meningitis | Inflammation of the cerebral leptomeninges marked by the presence of granulomatous inflammation; it is usually confined to the base of the brain (basilar meningitis, internal hydrocephalus) and is accompanied in children by an accumulation of spinal fluid in the ventricles (acute hydrocephalus). Synonym: cerebral tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external meningitis | Inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. Synonym: epidural meningitis, external meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| listeria meningitis | Infection with one of the Listeria bacteria capable of causing miscarriage (spontaneous abortion), stillbirth and premature birth. (12 Dec 1998) |