pachymeningitisn.
/ˌpakɪˌmɛnᵻnˈdʒʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌpækiˌmɛnənˈdʒaɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of the dura mater.
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rachialgitis1824
myelitis1835
medullitis1848
pachymeningitis1857
spinitis1859
transverse myelitis1879
syringomyelia1881
syringomyelus1881
meningomyelocele1885
meningomyelitis1886
poliomyelopathy1890
syringomyelitis1890
myelopathy1891
xanthochromia1894
spinal block1928
1857 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 19 528 The author [sc. Virchow] recommends the adoption of the term pachmeningitis to designate inflammation of this membrane [sc. the dura mater].
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 693 Acute pachymeningitis is always suppurative, and is chiefly of surgical interest.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 854 A certain degree of compression of the cord is caused by pachymeningitis.
1936 J. H. Biggart Pathol. Nerv. Syst. v. 80 Pachymeningitis is a localised infection, and in practically every case it is due to extension of infection from the neighbouring tissues.
1979 Ann. Internal Med. 90 786 Rheumatoid pachymeningitis is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis.
1995 Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. & Psychiatry 59 437/2 In HTLV-I carriers, especially in those with inflammatory diseases who present with either headache or cranial neuropathy, a gadolinium enhanced MRI is warranted to look for pachymeningitis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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