how to pronounce meningitis

/ˌmɛn.ɪnˈdʒaɪ.tɪs/

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meningitis is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of meningitis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… somebody died from meningitis this is …”

meanings of meningitis

noun:

Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

meningitis frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word meningitis occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.