Term: meningitis: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: man: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: running suit: a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: immateriality: complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: cymbid: any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: bering time: standard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west; used in the Midway Islands
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: henry's law: (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: rocky mountain spotted fever: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: rustication: banishment into the country
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: friend: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
Broader: illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Unrelated: mix: an event that combines things in a mixture