Choriomeningitis
choriomeningitis cho·ri·o·men·in·gi·tis (kôr’ē-ō-měn’ĭn-jī’tĭs)
n.
Cerebral meningitis in which there is marked cellular infiltration of the meninges, often with a lymphocytic infiltration of the choroid plexuses.
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