meninges

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
noun
  1. plural of meninx

Word forms

meninges meninx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”).

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