Ventriculitis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ventriculitis is a noun meaning (medicine) Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.
Meaning
(medicine) Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.
Example Sentences
Complications of intraventricular administration include shunt infections with S. epidermidis, shunt occlusions, ventriculitides, encephalopathies, and seizures.
Ventriculitis in the newborn may be associated with a depressed anterior fontanelle if the infant is dehydrated and it may be full and/or boggy rather than tense and may not become bulging until the very late stages of the disease.
Word Forms
- ventriculitides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventriculoencephalitis, meningoventriculitis, ventriculomegaly, valvulitis, cerebritis, pachymeningitis.
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