Meningitis is a terrible disease.
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Meningitis
Synonyms for "meningitis" (257 found)
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acute articular rheumatismadenoiditisadrenitisafrican lethargyaguealkali diseaseamebiasisamebic dysenteryanthraxappendicitisarteritisarthritisarthritis deformansarthritis fungosaarthritis pauperumasiatic choleraatrophic arthritisatrophic inflammationbacillary dysenterybastard measles
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black deathblack feverblackwater feverblennorrhagic arthritisbrain feverbreakbone feverbronchitisbrucellosisbubonic plaguebunionbursitiscachectic fevercapillaritiscarditiscatarrhcatarrhal inflammationcerebellitiscerebral meningitiscerebral rheumatismcerebritiscerebrospinal meningitischagres feverchicken poxcholerachronic infectious arthritischronic inflammationcirrhotic inflammationclimactic arthritisclitoritiscolitiscollagen disease
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (77)
conjunctivitiscowpoxcystitisdandy feverdeer fly feverdegenerative arthritisdenguedengue feverdiffuse inflammationdiphtheriadumdum feverdysenteryelephantiasisencephalitisencephalitis lethargicaendocarditisenteric feverenteritisequine encephalomyelitiserysipelas
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exudative inflammationfamine feverfibroid inflammationfive-day feverflufocal inflammationframbesiagastritisgerman measlesgingivitisglandular feverglossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritisgonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritisgrippehansenosishaverhill feverhemophilic arthritishepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiahyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfantile paralysisinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinfectious mononucleosisinflammationinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzairritable bowel syndromejail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselaryngitislepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawlumbagomadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermastoiditismeasles
Related words (128)
menopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritismilk legmilzbrandmucous colitismumpsmumps meningitismyelitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisornithosisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritis
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osteomyelitisotitisovaritisparadental pyorrheaparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpenitispericarditisperiodontitisperitonitispertussispharyngitisphlebitispneumoniapodagrapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponosproliferative arthritisprostatitispsittacosispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverreactive inflammationrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitisrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasissclerosing inflammationseptic sore throatseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitisshinglessimple inflammationsinusitissleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feverspastic colonspecific inflammationsplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationswamp feversyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitistetanusthrombophlebitisthrushtineatonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismtularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverulcerative colitisundulant feveruratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvacciniavaginitisvaricellavariolavenereal diseasevertebral arthritisviral dysenteryvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswhooping coughwryneckyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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51 translations across 39 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մենինգիտ noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Catalan
1 entries- meningitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腦膜炎 /脑膜炎 noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Czech
2 entries- meningitida noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- zánět mozkových blan noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Danish
2 entries- hjernehindebetændelse noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Dutch
3 entries- hersenvliesontsteking noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- nekkramp noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Esperanto
1 entries- meningito noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Finnish
2 entries- aivokalvontulehdus noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningiitti noun (inflammation of the meninges)
French
1 entries- méningite noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Galician
1 entries- meninxite noun (inflammation of the meninges)
German
2 entries- Hirnhautentzündung noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- Meningitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Greek
1 entries- μηνιγγίτιδα noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Hungarian
1 entries- agyhártyagyulladás noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Icelandic
2 entries- heilahimnubólga noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- mengisbólga noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Italian
1 entries- meningite noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Japanese
1 entries- 髄膜炎 noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Kazakh
1 entries- миқұрт noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Korean
1 entries- 뇌수막염 noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Latvian
1 entries- meningīts noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Macedonian
1 entries- менингитис noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Malayalam
1 entries- മെനിഞ്ചൈറ്റിസ് noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Māori
2 entries- kiriuhi uakakā noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- mate kiriuhi uakakā noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hjernehinnebetennelse noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningitt noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hjernehinnebetennelse noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningitt noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Persian
1 entries- مننژیت noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Polish
1 entries- zapalenie opon mózgowych noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Portuguese
1 entries- meningite noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Romanian
1 entries- meningită noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Russian
1 entries- менинги́т noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- am fiabhras-eanchainne noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Spanish
1 entries- meningitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Swahili
1 entries- homa ya uti wa mgongo noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Swedish
2 entries- hjärnhinneinflammation noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- meningit noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Tagalog
1 entries- meninghitis noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Thai
1 entries- เยื่อหุ้มสมองอักเสบ noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Turkish
1 entries- menenjit noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viêm màng não noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Volapük
1 entries- menenaflamat noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Yoruba
2 entries- lọ́rùnlọ́rùn noun (inflammation of the meninges)
- yínrùnyínrùn noun (inflammation of the meninges)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The belief that going outside with your hair still wet will result in meningitis is just an urban myth.
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What are the symptoms of meningitis?
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When Cameroonian golf champion Issa Nlareb Amang lost his legs and most of his fingers to meningitis in 2018, many thought his life in the sport was over. But, thanks to donors, he was able to get prosthetics that allowed him to return to the game and become the only disabled professional golfer in West Africa.
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