WordNet: meningitis

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

• hypernym infectious disease

• hyponym choriomeningitis

• hyponym brain fever, cerebrospinal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis

• hyponym cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis

• hyponym leptomeningitis

meningitis

• (suomi) aivokalvotulehdus (synonyymi)

• (suomi) meningiitti (synonyymi)