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meningiit

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 25.02.2025

Meanings

aju ümbritseva sidekoelise kelme põletik

Translations

Usage examples
  • Tuberkuloosne meningiit.
  • Augustis nakatusin viiruslikku meningiiti.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 736534 Last modified 14.09.2018
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Domain Medicine - Pathology - Surgerytypes of illness
meningiit
meningitis
Meningitis
  • äge v. krooniline ajukestade põletik, ajukestapõletik, ajukelmepõletik
  • inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
  • inflammation of the meninges and especially of the pia mater and the arachnoid; specifically: a disease marked by inflammation of the meninges that is either a relatively mild illness caused by a virus (such as various Coxsackieviruses) or a more severe usually life-threatening illness caused by a bacterium (especially the meningococcus, Neisseria meningitides, or the serotype designated B of Haemophilus influenzae)
meningiit
ajukelmepõletik
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  • ajukelme = ajukest
meningitis
Usage examples
  • Any person with at least one of the following three: — Listeriosis of newborns defined as Stillbirth OR At least one of the following five in the first month of life: —Granulomatosis infantiseptica; —Meningitis or meningoencephalitis; —Septicaemia;—Dyspnoea; —Lesions on skin, mucosal membranes or conjunctivae
  • Meningitis causes an intense headache, fever, loss of appetite, intolerance to light (photophobia) and sound (phonophobia), rigidity of muscles, especially those in the neck (see also Kernig’s sign), and in severe cases convulsions, vomiting, and delirium leading to death.
cerebrospinal meningitis
méningite
Meningitis

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

ID 478538 Last modified 31.10.2022
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meningitis
  • ajukelmepõletik
meningitis

Norra-eesti meditsiinisõnastik

ID 553426 Last modified 29.06.2022
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Domain medicine
  • ajukestapõletik, ajukelmepõletik
  • betennelse i hjerne- og/eller ryggmargshinne
meningiit
meningitt

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

meningiit meningiidid
meningiidi meningiitide
meningiiti meningiite ~ meningiitisid

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