it sounds weird to me

Being taught at oversea certainly deprived me from knowing the local terms for any diseases. Imagine my surprise when I read this news title in malay...

Theresa mati akibat radang selaput otak

I said what the...It took minutes for me to figure what was the disease but to no avail. At last, I clicked the title and hence the exact term of 'radang selaput otak' in English. Funny :)

Can you guess what the disease is ;)