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arachnoid mater

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The middle layer of the meninges; a membrane that protects the brain and spinal cord below the dura mater and above the subarachnoid space and the pia mater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: arachnoid

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  • Catalan: aracnoide — middle layer of the meninges
  • Catalan: membrana aracnoide — middle layer of the meninges
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜘蛛膜 (zhīzhūmó) — middle layer of the meninges
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛛網膜 /蛛网膜 (zhūwǎngmó) — middle layer of the meninges
  • Finnish: lukinkalvo — middle layer of the meninges
  • French: arachnoïde — middle layer of the meninges
  • Greek: αραχνοειδής μήνιγξ (arachnoeidís míninx) — middle layer of the meninges
  • Hungarian: pókhálóhártya — middle layer of the meninges
  • Hungarian: arachnoidea — middle layer of the meninges
  • Ido: araknoido — middle layer of the meninges
  • Kazakh: өрмелі қабық (örmelı qabyq) — middle layer of the meninges
  • Northern Kurdish: perdeya tevnepîrikî — middle layer of the meninges
  • Polish: opona pajęcza — middle layer of the meninges
  • Polish: pajęczynówka — middle layer of the meninges
  • Portuguese: aracnoide — middle layer of the meninges
  • Spanish: aracnoides — middle layer of the meninges
  • Swedish: spindelvävshinnan — middle layer of the meninges
  • Turkish: şebeke — middle layer of the meninges
  • Turkish: örümceksi zar — middle layer of the meninges
  • Ottoman Turkish: شبكه (şebeke) — middle layer of the meninges