meninges
plural noun
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
meningeal
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a word derived from
meninges.
Example Sentences
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Albayram previously helped visualize these meningeal lymphatic vessels in humans, as reported in a 2022 Nature Communications study.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026
So you’ll see holes in the brain that you would get in encephalitis, as well as a meningeal infection.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023
It is located midsagittally between the meningeal and periosteal layers of the dura mater within the falx cerebri and, at first glance in images or models, can be mistaken for the subarachnoid space.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Less common but deadlier forms of tuberculosis are meningeal, in which the bacilli attack the covering of the brain and spinal cord, and miliary, in which they spread throughout the system.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clinical Features.—The typical characteristics of middle meningeal hæmorrhage are met with only when the bleeding takes place between the dura and the bone.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
