verb (used with object), lapped, lapping. 1. to fold over or around something; wrap or wind around something: to lap a bandage around one's finger. 2. to enwrap in something; wrap up; clothe. 3. to envelop or enfold: lapped in luxury.
With aseptic meningitis a person has signs and symptoms of meningitis, but bacteria does not grow in cultures. Many different things can cause aseptic meningitis including viruses, fungi, tuberculosis, some medications and infections near the brain or spinal cord, such as epidural abscesses.
Aseptic meningitis is an illness characterized by headache, fever and inflammation of the lining of the brains. Aseptic Meningitis looks like bacterial meningitis, bacteria do not grow in cultures of the spinal fluid, which is fluid around the spinal cord and brain.