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Definition of Leptomeningitis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the leptomeninges.
Definition of Leptomeningitis
1. n. Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.
Definition of Leptomeningitis
1. Noun. (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Leptomeningitis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptomeningitis
Literary usage of Leptomeningitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"When a suppurative leptomeningitis has become diffuse,— ie, has spread widely in
the meshes of the arachnoid,—death is inevitable. ..."
2. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1901)
"The case is different with secondary chronic leptomeningitis. ... Secondary
leptomeningitis may certainly be detected, especially in epidemic meningitis. ..."
3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"SYPHILITIC leptomeningitis * ER LECOUNT AND KAETHE DEWEY (From the Pathological
... The spreading exudative leptomeningitis, generally accepted as the ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Metastatic leptomeningitis is less frequent than direct infection from the ...
The microorganisms most frequently responsible for purulent leptomeningitis ..."
5. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"VARIETIES OF leptomeningitis. The Diplococcus Variety of Meningitis.—In the
description of leptomeningitis which has preceded, the epidemic and sporadic ..."
6. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"leptomeningitis is the form of meningitis which complicates the course of all of
the acute infections, notably pneumonia, ..."
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