See Also: perimeningitis(medicine)

teichopsia (iou) and perimeningitis (medicine)


teichopsia (iou)



teichopsia noun. L19.
[from Greek teikhos town wall + opsis sight + -IA1.]
Medicine. The seeing of shimmering lights, sometimes in the form of battlements and often accompanied by black spots in the field of vision, a frequent phenomenon at the start of migraine attacks. Also called fortification spectra.

perimeningitis (medicine)


perimeningitis -->
pachymeningitis
<medicine> Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

Origin: Pachy- + meningitis.

Source: Websters Dictionary