Meningism
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meningism is a noun meaning (medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges.
Meaning
(medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges.
More Meanings
- (medicine, loosely, informally) Such symptoms as identified clinically but before knowledge of their cause is ascertained (that is, before diagnosis or before its confirmation); meningeal symptoms.
Word Forms
- meningisms
Synonyms for meningism
Depending on context, synonyms include meningismus, pseudomeningitis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meningismus, meningitis, meningiosis, meningoencephalitis, meningioencephalitis, perimeningitis.
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