meninx

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun meninx has 1 sense

meninx(n = noun.body) meninges - a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord;

is a kind of membrane, tissue layer

has particulars: leptomeninges, dura, dura mater, arachnoid, arachnoid membrane, pia mater

has parts: subarachnoid space

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

meninx, n. (pl. meninges) (usu. in pl.) any of the three membranes that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord (dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater).

Derivative

meningeal adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk menigx -iggos membrane