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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Such symptoms as identified clinically but before knowledge of their cause is ascertained (that is, before diagnosis or before its confirmation); meningeal symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: symptom
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