meningism

== English == === Noun === meningism (countable and uncountable, plural meningisms) (medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges. (medicine, loosely, informally) Such symptoms as identified clinically but before knowledge of their cause is ascertained (that is, before diagnosis or before its confirmation); meningeal symptoms. ==== Synonyms ==== meningismus pseudomeningitis