listeria meningitis

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listeria meningitis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  listeria meningitis
      n 1: an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially
           newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the
           bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the
           infection frequently involves the central nervous system
           and causes various neurological symptoms [syn:
           listeriosis, listeria meningitis]