Meningoencephalitis and Meningitis

Meningoencephalitis noun - Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.

Meningitis and meningoencephalitis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meningitis" instead a noun "Meningoencephalitis".

Meningitis noun - Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea.

Meningoencephalitis and meningitis are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Meningoencephalitis" with "Meningitis", this nouns are similar.