LEPTOMENINGITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leptomeningitis mean? 

• LEPTOMENINGITIS (noun)
  The noun LEPTOMENINGITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the leptomeninges

  Familiarity information: LEPTOMENINGITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPTOMENINGITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the leptomeninges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("leptomeningitis" is a kind of...):

meningitis (infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea)

 Context examples 

Also called leukemic leptomeningitis and leukemic meningitis.

(Meningeal leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

In leukemic leptomeningitis, cancer cells have spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Leukemic leptomeningitis, NCI Dictionary)

In lymphomatous leptomeningitis, cancer cells have spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Lymphomatous leptomeningitis, NCI Dictionary)

Also called leukemic leptomeningitis and meningeal leukemia.

(Leukemic meningitis, NCI Dictionary)

Also called lymphomatous leptomeningitis.

(Lymphomatous meningitis, NCI Dictionary)