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cerebrospi'nal meningi'tis
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, cer'ebrospi'nal fe'ver. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.