encephalomeningitis /en·ceph·a·lo·men·in·gi·tis/ (-men″in-ji´tis) meningoencephalitis.
encephalomeningitis
meningoencephalitis [mĕ-ning″go-en-sef″ah-li´tis]
en·ceph·a·lo·men·in·gi·tis ( n-sf  -l -mn n-j  ts)n. See meningoencephalitis. |
encephalomeningitis
[-men′injī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, enkephalos, brain, meninx, membrane, itis, inflammation
an inflammation of the brain and meninges.
meningoencephalitis [mĕ-ning″go-en-sef″ah-li´tis]
inflammation of the brain and its meninges; called also encephalomeningitis.
primary amebic meningoencephalitis a rare and often fatal acute, febrile, purulent meningoencephalitis caused by usually free-living soil and water amebas of the genera Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Hartmannella.
encephalomeningitis
see meningoencephalitis; inflammation of the brain and meninges.
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