different between meningioma vs meningitis

English

Etymology

meninges +? -oma

Noun

meningioma (plural meningiomas or meningiomata)

1. (pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.

Derived terms

• meningiomal
• meningiomatosis

Translations

Further reading

• meningioma at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (mêninx) + -itis.

Noun

meningitis (countable and uncountable, plural meningitides)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

Derived terms

Translations

Coordinate terms

• encephalitis

Further reading

• meningitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

meninge +? -itis

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.ni???i.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.ni??d??i.tis/

Noun

meningitis f (plural meningitis)

1. (medicine) meningitis

Further reading

• “meningitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (mêninx) + -?tis.

Noun

m?ning?tis f (genitive m?ning?tidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, pathology) meningitis

Declension

Plural forms are rare.Third-declension noun.

Spanish

Etymology

meninge +? -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menin?xitis/, [me.n???xi.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis

Noun

meningitis f (plural meningitis)

1. meningitis

Further reading

• “meningitis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.