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| Domain | Definition |
Health | An inflammatory process involving the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MENINGOENCEPHALITIS |
| Specialty definitions using "MENINGOENCEPHALITIS": Crichton Browne sign ♦ Hartmannella ♦ La Crosse Virus ♦ Naegleria, Naegleria fowleri ♦ visna. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Naegleria gruberi in amebic meningoencephalitis. Parasite, ameba, brain. Credit: CDC. |  | When amebae infect the brain or spinal cord the condition is known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM. Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathology of amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri seen under direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) stain. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Acute primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is caused by Naegleria fowleri. (references) | |
Most patients present with disseminated infection, especially meningoencephalitis. (references) | ||
Naegleria fowleri infection is also called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). (references) | ||
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| "MENINGOENCEPHALITIS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MENINGOENCEPHALITIS" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
meningoencephalitis | 15 |
granulomatous meningoencephalitis | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MENINGOENCEPHALITIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | svømmehalsmeningoencephalit (swimming-pool meningoencephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | méningo-encéphalite des piscines (swimming-pool meningoencephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Schwimmbadmeningoenzephalitis (swimming-pool meningoencephalitis), prim.eitr.Amöben- Meningoenzephalitis (swimming-pool meningoencephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eningoencephalitismay meningo-encefalite das piscinas (swimming-pool meningoencephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-h-i-i-i-l-m-n-n-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-4 letters: encephalitogens, phenomenalistic. | |
-5 letters: congenialities, encephalitogen, metencephalons, pinealectomies, semicentennial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-h-i-i-i-l-m-n-n-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+2 letters: meningoencephalitides. | |
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