Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of meninx.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Anat.) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.

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  • noun anatomy The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
  • noun Plural form of meninx.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord

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Examples

  • THE CONDITION: Inflammation of the three-ply membrane around the brain and spinal cord called the meninges.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • THE CONDITION: Inflammation of the three-ply membrane around the brain and spinal cord called the meninges.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • THE CONDITION: Inflammation of the three-ply membrane around the brain and spinal cord called the meninges.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • THE CONDITION: Inflammation of the three-ply membrane around the brain and spinal cord called the meninges.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Such an immediate embrace fortunately does not exist, since the brain and spinal cord are surrounded by a series of membranes called the meninges (meh-nin'jeez; "membranes" G).

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • The innermost of the meninges is the pia mater (py'uh may'ter; "tender mother" L).

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • The brain and spinal cord are protected by three important membranes, known as the meninges, -- the dura mater, the arachnoid, and the pia mater.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • She had a meningioma, a type of tumor that grows from the protective membranes, called meninges, that surround the brain and spinal cord.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Brain is protected by three membranes, called meninges and bony skull.

    unknown title 2009

  • Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which is the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

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