Meningitis: any meningeal syndrome with fever, diagnosed by a physician. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 16] Reference
Diagnosis much more difficult as classical meningeal signs are often missing. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
In the majority of the cases pain must have depended on meningeal hæmorrhage. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The brain looked like a mass of gray worms under its delicate covering of meningeal membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Life Support] Reference
KELLIE LIM, TRIPLE AMPUTEE: Well at the age of 8 I contracted meningeal toxemia which is the much feared bacterial meningitis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2007] Reference
"Evidently somebody injected Percival L. Sphynxeye with an exotic meningeal virus, possibly a hybrid of Mars fossil RNA with Earth pathogens.". From Wordnik.com. [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference
I never saw a typical case of middle meningeal hæmorrhage, although many fractures crossing the line of distribution of the large branches came under observation. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Some of them anastomose with branches of the middle meningeal. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 3a. 4. The Internal Carotid Artery] Reference
Fibrous tumors may develop within or from the meningeal structures of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The occipital protuberance, meningeal artery, and the sinuses are particularly to be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
# -- The commonest cause of extra-dural hæmorrhage is laceration of the middle meningeal artery. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Should the middle meningeal artery be divided, the hemorrhage is serious, and difficult to control. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
Gamgee tells of a constable who was stabbed in the left ear, severing the middle meningeal artery, death ensuing. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
When the hæmorrhage is profuse, it is probable that the meningeal vessels or even the venous sinuses have been torn. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
It is quite remarkable that the lead should have remained such a length of time without causing meningeal inflammation. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Gamgee 10.64 tells of a constable who was stabbed in the left ear, severing the middle meningeal artery, death ensuing. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Its inner surface is marked by a deep groove, sometimes a canal, for the anterior divisions of the middle meningeal artery. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 2. The Parietal Bone] Reference
The nerve of the pterygoid canal and a meningeal branch from the ascending pharyngeal artery pierce the layer of fibrocartilage. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull] Reference
The Nervus Spinosus (recurrent or meningeal branch) enters the skull through the foramen spinosum with the middle meningeal artery. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve] Reference
The Auriculotemporal Nerve (n. auriculotemporalis) generally arises by two roots, between which the middle meningeal artery ascends. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve] Reference
The saw cut directly down into the brain, severing the superior longitudinal sinus, besides tearing a branch of the meningeal artery. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Many of the meningeal veins do not open directly into the sinuses, but indirectly through a series of ampullæ, termed venous lacunæ. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis] Reference
The cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed features in keeping with meningeal inflammation and he had a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
The cause of an acute epidural hematoma is either a tear in a meningeal artery within the dura or an impact injury to a dural venous sinus. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
So long as the fracture is simple, it can scarcely be diagnosed except by inference from the associated symptoms of meningeal or cerebral injury. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
As the nerves exit the spinal column they divide up into several different branches: the dorsal ramus, ventral ramus, meningeal brach, and rami communicantes. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Physical examination showed a young man in a coma (Glasgow coma score = 4 / 15) and febrile (temperature of 38. 5degreesC) with signs of meningeal irritation. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
In cases which terminate fatally, death usually results from meningeal, pulmonary, or general tuberculosis, or from pyogenic complications and waxy degeneration. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
In the majority of cases the damage to soft parts -- scalp, meningeal vessels, or brain -- overshadows the osseous lesion, which of itself is comparatively unimportant. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Between the fibrous layer and the bone the meningeal vessels ramify; and along certain lines the two layers split to form channels in which run the cranial venous sinuses. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
A is over the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery, and the bifurcation of the lateral or Sylvian fissure; AC follows the horizontal limb of the lateral fissure. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
It is clear, however, that if another individual, who was very susceptible to this germ, should contract the disease from this person, he might have the meningeal form of it. From Wordnik.com. [Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene] Reference
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