meningitis
/ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/
meningitis noun: inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
Noun
meningitis (countable and uncountable, plural meningitides)
- Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
- Los Angeles-based actor’s boyfriend said she died from meningitis and blood infection which in turn led to sepsis[.]2026 June 17, Maya Yang, “Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
meningitis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
meningitis in Hindi
- मेनिन्जाइटिस, मेनिनजाइटिस
meningitis in Tamil
- மூளைச்சவ்வு அழற்சி, சருமவழற்சி, உறையழல், மூளை உறையழற்சி
meningitis in Marathi
- inflammation of the meninges
- मेंदुज्वर mendujvar, मस्तिष्कावरणशोथ mastiṣkāvraṇśoth
meningitis in Urdu
- گردن توڑ بخار
More languagesFewer languages
- meningitis in Bengali
- মেনিনজাইটিস, মেনিঞ্জাইটিস
- meningitis in Telugu
- మెనింజైటిస్
- meningitis in Malayalam
- മെനിഞ്ചൈറ്റിസ് meniñcaiṟṟisŭ
- meningitis in Kannada
- ಮಿದುಳಿನ ರೋಗ, ಮಿದುಳಿನ ಕುತ್ತ
- meningitis in Punjabi
- ਮੈਨਿਨਜਾਈਟਿਸ, ਮੇਨਿਨਜਾਈਟਿਸ, ਮੈਨਿਨਜਾਇਟਿਸ
- meningitis in Gujarati
- મેનિન્જાઇટિસ, મેનિન્જીટીસ, મેનિન્જાઇટીસ
- meningitis in Odia
- ମେନିଞ୍ଜାଇଟିସ୍, ମେନିନଜାଇଟିସ୍, ମେନିଞ୍ଜାଇଟିସ
- meningitis in Nepali
- मेनिन्जाइटिस, मेनिनजाइटिस
- meningitis in Tagalog
- meninghitis
- meningitis in Arabic
- اِلْتِهَاب سَحَايَا iltihāb saḥāyā
- meningitis in Persian
- مننژیت menanžit
- meningitis in Thai
- เยื่อหุ้มสมองอักเสบ yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep
- meningitis in Vietnamese
- viêm màng não
Forms of meningitis
| plural | meningitides |
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Origin of meningitis
From Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx) + -itis, equivalent to meninge + -itis.
Words formed from meningitis
- antimeningitic
- antimeningitis
- aseptic meningitis
- bacterial meningitis
- cephalomeningitis
- cerebromeningitis
- cerebrospinal meningitis
- choriomeningitis
- encephalomeningitis
- meningism
- meningitic
- meningitis B
- meningitis W
- Mollaret's meningitis
- myelomeningitis
- pachymeningitis
- perimeningitis
- postmeningitis
- pseudomeningitis
- tuberculous meningitis
- uveomeningitis
Questions about meningitis
- What does meningitis mean?
- Meningitis means inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
- What is meningitis in Hindi?
- Meningitis in Hindi is मेनिन्जाइटिस, मेनिनजाइटिस. See Meningitis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meningitis?
- Meningitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meningitis?
- Meningitis is pronounced /ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meningitis?
- The plural of meningitis is meningitides.
Words near meningitis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meningitis (page history and authors); meningitis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meningitis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meningitis (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meningitis (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meningitis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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