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meningoencephalitis

meningoencephalitis noun: inflammation of the brain and the meninges.

Noun

meningoencephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural meningoencephalitides)

  1. Inflammation of the brain and the meninges.

Forms of meningoencephalitis

pluralmeningoencephalitides

Origin of meningoencephalitis

From meninges + encephalitis.

Words formed from meningoencephalitis

Questions about meningoencephalitis

What does meningoencephalitis mean?
Meningoencephalitis means inflammation of the brain and the meninges.
What part of speech is meningoencephalitis?
Meningoencephalitis is a noun.
What is the plural of meningoencephalitis?
The plural of meningoencephalitis is meningoencephalitides.

Words near meningoencephalitis in the dictionary

  1. meningococcus
  2. meningocortical
  3. meningoencephalic
  4. meningoencephalitic
  5. meningoencephalitides
  6. meningoencephalitis
  7. meningoencephalocele
  8. meningoencephaloceles
  9. meningoencephalocoele
  10. meningoencephalocoeles
  11. meningoencephalomyelitic

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