leptomeningitis

1. 1.

   inflammation of the leptomeninges

   Broadermeningitis

Other forms of leptomeningitis

plural

leptomeningitises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leptomeningitis

What does leptomeningitis mean?

leptomeningitis means "inflammation of the leptomeninges".

How many syllables are in leptomeningitis?

leptomeningitis has 6 syllables and divides as lep-to-me-nin-gi-tis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.