meninx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.

/ˈmen.ɪŋks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meninx.wav /ˈmi.nɪŋks/ /ˈmɛn.ɪŋks/

meninx meninges meninge

Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).

mater

meningeal meningitis

meningo- mening- pachymeninx

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