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Normal bleeding during menstruation.  

Referring to the meningeal blood vessels. Relating to or affecting the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord and the blood vessels that penetrate them to supply the underlying neural tissues. The term is usually used to describe secondary syphilitic infection of the nervous system.  

A condition in which part of the meninges and the brain push through a gap in the skull. Hernial protrusion of brain and meninges through a defect in the skull. A bulging of the brain and its protective layers through a gap in the skull.  

The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis which causes meningococcal meningitis. The microorganism responsible for cerebrospinal fever.  

The commonest epidemic form of meningitis, caused by a bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, where the meninges become inflamed causing headaches and fever. Meningitis caused by various serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcus. A prevalent type of bacterial meningitis predominantly affects children and young adults. The disease spreads through respiratory droplets and can quickly transmit among…

A disease caused by a meningococcus.  

A condition in which there are signs of meningeal irritation suggesting meningitis, but where there is no pathological change in the cerebrospinal fluid. Symptoms (e.g., stiff neck) that mimic those of meningitis but in which there is no inflammation of the meninges; occurs most often in children. Stiffness of the neck mimicking that found in…

A benign tumour in the meninges. A meningioma is a type of tumor that arises from the meninges, a membrane that covers the brain and spinal column. Meningiomas occur most often in the brain but can also occur along the spinal column. Meningiomas are rare in children; in fact, they account for only 2% of…

A haemorrhage from a meningeal artery.  

A sometimes fatal condition in which acid fluid from the stomach is brought up into the windpipe and passes into the lungs, occurring mainly in obstetric patients [Described 1946. After Curtis L. Mendelson (b. 1913), US obstetrician and gynaecologist.] Inhalation of regurgitated stomach contents, usually as a complication of general anaesthesia. It may cause death…