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CHORIOMENINGITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("choriomeningitis" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "choriomeningitis"):
lymphocytic choriomeningitis (a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse)
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