meningism (English, noun)
expansion: meningism (countable and uncountable, plural meningisms)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Such symptoms as identified clinically but before knowledge of their cause is ascertained (that is, before diagnosis or before its confirmation); meningeal symptoms.
tags: broadly
countable
informal
uncountable
Forms:
form: meningisms
tags: plural