Choriomeningitis — [k , griechisch], eine Gehirnhautentzündung mit Beteiligung der Adergeflechte in den Gehirnkammern (Plexus chorioidei); im engeren Sinn die seltene lymphozytäre Choriomeningitis, die durch von Hausmäusen übertragene (Kot, Biss) Arenaviren… … Universal-Lexikon
choriomeningitis — noun a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges • Hypernyms: ↑meningitis • Hyponyms: ↑lymphocytic choriomeningitis * * * |kōrē(ˌ)ō+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from … Useful english dictionary
choriomeningitis — noun A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus … Wiktionary
choriomeningitis — cho·rio·meningitis … English syllables
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis — Taxobox color = violet name = Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus image caption = Negative stain electron micrograph of an arenavirus from a mouse that tested positive for LCM virus group = v familia = Arenaviridae genus = Arenavirus species =… … Wikipedia
Lymphozytäre Choriomeningitis — Die Lymphozytäre Choriomeningitis (LCM) ist eine virale Infektionskrankheit, die vor allem bei Nagetieren vorkommt, aber auch den Menschen befallen kann. Die LCM ist damit eine Zoonose. Der englische Begriff Lymphocytic choriomeningitis wurde vom … Deutsch Wikipedia
lymphocytic choriomeningitis — noun Etymology: New Latin choriomeningitis cerebral meningitis, from chorio of a membrane resembling the chorion Date: 1934 an acute disease that is caused by an arenavirus (species Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus of the genus Arenavirus),… … New Collegiate Dictionary
lymphocytic choriomeningitis — n an acute disease caused by an arenavirus (genus Arenavirus) and characterized by fever, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and slow pulse, marked by the presence of numerous lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid, and transmitted esp.… … Medical dictionary
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus — an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Called also LCM v … Medical dictionary
lymphocytic choriomeningitis — noun a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse • Hypernyms: ↑choriomeningitis * * * noun : an acute virus disease characterized by fever, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and slow pulse, marked by… … Useful english dictionary
