Medical term:

ventriculitis



ventriculitis

 [ven-trik″u-li´tis]
inflammation of a ventricle, especially a cerebral ventricle.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ven·tric·u·li·tis

(ven-trik'yū-lī'tis),
Inflammation of the ventricles of the brain.
[ventricle + G. -itis, inflammation]
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ventriculitis

Inflammation of the cerebral ventricles; in practice, it is virtually impossible to diagnose an inflammatory process that remains confined to the cerebral ventricles, given the lack of natural boundaries in this region, and therapy for such an inflammatory process is nonspecific.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

ventriculitis

Infectious disease Inflammation of cerebral ventricles, most common in infants, caused by gram-negative bacilli or group B streptococci, and often an extension of purulent meningitis Management Ventriculostomy, intraventricular antibiotics. See Purulent meningitis.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

ven·tric·u·li·tis

(ven-trik'yū-lī'tis)
Inflammation of the ventricles of the brain.
[ventricle + G. -itis, inflammation]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

ven·tric·u·li·tis

(ven-trik'yū-lī'tis)
Inflammation of the ventricles of the brain.
[ventricle + G. -itis, inflammation]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012


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