Disease or Syndrome
aseptic meningitis
a·sep·tic men·in·gi·tis
Subclass of:
Meningitis
Definitions related to aseptic meningitis:
  • Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord without a bacterial pathogen.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (meningitis, aseptic) A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause although MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES; septic perimeningeal foci; and other conditions may result in this syndrome. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p745)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Aseptic meningitis is an illness characterized by serous inflammation of the linings of the brain (i.e.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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