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lymphocytic cho·rio·men·in·gi·tis | \ -ˌkȯr-ē-ō-ˌme-nən-ˈjī-təs 
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\Definition of lymphocytic choriomeningitis
: an acute disease that is caused by an arenavirus (species Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus of the genus Arenavirus), that is characterized by fever, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and slow pulse, that is marked by the presence of numerous lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid, and that is transmitted especially by rodents
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The first known use of lymphocytic choriomeningitis was in 1934
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