meninges
Meanings
noun
- The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
noun
- plural of meninx
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”).
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