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noun
A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mater
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: meninges
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer
Narrower terms: leptomeninges, dura mater, dura, arachnoid, arachnoid membrane, pia mater
History
Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
