- singular of meninges.
meninx
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meninges
plural
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Meningitis is the swelling of the meninges, the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord, and it is usually caused by a bacterial infection.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
Second, an antibody was used to block the activity of T cells in the meninges.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
So if you bend the neck, because the meninges are inflamed, the knees will also bend.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023
The meninges comprise three layers that surround the brain: pia, arachnoid and dura.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
Where the disease is extensively diffused, we may fail to do any good; but, in cases where the syphilitic mischief is limited to a small portion of the meninges, we may often arrest it.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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