meningo-

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a combining form representing meninges in compound words: meningocele.

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Also meningi-; especially before a vowel, mening-.

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How to use meningo- in a sentence

As for his mening was that they were traitours in very deede.
Proverb Lore|F. Edward Hulme
Meningitis (-jī′-), inflammation of the membranes investing the brain or spinal cord; Mening′ocele, hernia of those membranes.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

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Meninges:meningococcus.