pachymeningitis

pachymeningitis
Inflammation of the dura mater. SYN: perimeningitis. [pachy- + G. meninx, membrane, + -itis, inflammation]
- p. externa inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. SYN: epidural meningitis, external meningitis.
- hemorrhagic p. subdural hemorrhage associated with p.. SEE ALSO: subdural hemorrhage.
- hypertrophic cervical p. a fibrotic and inflammatory thickening of spinal pachymeninges, particularly in the cervical region, resulting in spinal nerve radiculopathy; believed to be of syphilitic etiology.
- p. interna inflammation of the inner surface of the dura mater. SYN: internal meningitis.
- pyogenic p. suppurative inflammation of the dura, often spreading from a neighboring osteomyelitis.

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pachy·men·in·gi·tis -.men-ən-'jīt-əs n, pl -git·i·des -'jit-ə-.dēz inflammation of the dura mater

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n.
inflammation of the dura mater, one of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and spinal cord (see meningitis).

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pachy·men·in·gi·tis (pak″e-men″in-jiґtis) [pachy- + mening- + -itis] inflammation of the dura mater; the symptoms of the disease resemble those of meningitis. Cf. leptomeningitis.

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