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ventriculitis

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”
“Complications of intraventricular administration include⟳ shunt infections with S. epidermidis, shunt occlusions, ventriculitides, encephalopathies, and seizures.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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