meningoencephalitis
noun
Examples of meningoencephalitis in a Sentence
Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2023
The amoeba can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that destroys brain tissue, health officials said.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 July 2023
Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a disease of the central nervous system that is almost always fatal, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 July 2023
The infection, usually primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), causes damage to brain tissue, resulting in brain swelling and often death, said the health department.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
The government health agency also reported that only four out of 157 people in the U.S. survived primary amebic meningoencephalitis between 1962 and 2022.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
Officials in Arlington, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, said the city and Tarrant County Public Health were notified on Sept. 5 that a child had been hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri ameba.
—Chron, 27 Sep. 2021
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has shut down the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County after the person was diagnosed with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and usually fatal infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.
—CBS News, 11 July 2022
The infection is known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and occurs when contaminated water enters the nose.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023
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New Latin
1849, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
meningoencephalitis
noun
called also encephalomeningitis
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