meninges

[ mi-nin-jeez ]

/ mɪˈnɪn dʒiz /

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plural noun, singular me·ninx

[mee-ningks]. /ˈmi nɪŋks/. Anatomy.

the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.Compare arachnoid (def. 6), dura mater, pia mater.

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Origin of meninges

1610–20; <New Latin <Greek mḗninges, plural of mêninx membrane

OTHER WORDS FROM meninges

me·nin·ge·al

[mi-nin-jee-uhl], /mɪˈnɪn dʒi əl/, adjectivein·ter·me·nin·ge·al, adjectivepost·me·nin·ge·al, adjectivesub·me·nin·ge·al, adjective

Words nearby meninges

menhir, menial, Ménière's syndrome, menilite, Meninga, meninges, meningioma, meningitis, meningo-, meningocele, meningococcall

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How to use meninges in a sentence

If this is so, it appears from what will follow as though the meninges must be the "stock" rather than the diaphragm.
Evolution, Old & New|Samuel Butler
Adhesions form rapidly, binding together the surface of the brain, meninges, and the overlying bone.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
There was engorgement of blood vessels in the meninges covering the brain.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The inflammation may spread to the meninges, the intracranial venous sinuses, the eye, or the ear.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

The perivascular sheaths were crowded with small round cells and the meninges were congested.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

British Dictionary definitions for meninges

meninges

/ (mɪˈnɪndʒiːz) /

pl n singular meninx (ˈmiːnɪŋks)

the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cordSee dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater

Derived forms of meninges

meningeal (mɪˈnɪndʒɪəl), adjective

Word Origin for meninges

C17: from Greek, pl of meninx membrane

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Scientific definitions for meninges

meninges

[ mə-nĭn′jēz ]

The three membranes that enclose the vertebrate brain and spinal cord: the pia mater, arachnoid, and dura mater.

Cultural definitions for meninges

meninges

[ (muh-nin-jeez) ]

The membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.