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 infection of the meninges (a. thin lining covering the brain and spinal cord) by any. one of a number of different viruses. It is a fairly. common disease: 150-300 cases are reported each year. in Georgia. Almost all of the cases occur as single, isolated events.