meningoencephalitis

Definitions of meningoencephalitis

1. noun

   inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
   synonyms: cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis

   type 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

   cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis

   inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)