ventriculitis
English
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Etymology
[edit]From ventriculo- + -itis.
Noun
[edit]ventriculitis (countable and uncountable, plural ventriculitides)
- (medicine) Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.
- 1991, Robert Anthony Minns, Problems of Intracranial Pressure in Childhood, page 198:
- Ventriculitis in the newborn may be associated with a depressed anterior fontanelle if the infant is dehydrated and it may be full and/or boggy rather than tense and may not become bulging until the very late stages of the disease.
- 2003, Thomas Brandt, Neurological Disorders: Course and Treatment, page 618:
- Complications of intraventricular administration include shunt infections with S. epidermidis, shunt occlusions, ventriculitides, encephalopathies, and seizures.