meninges

See also: méninges

English

Etymology

• plural of meninx

Noun

meninges (uncountable)

1. (anatomy, chiefly plural) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.

Derived terms

• meningeal
• meningioma
• meningitis
• myelomeningocele

 

Translations

the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord

• Arabic: الأَغْشِيَة السِحَائِيَّة m pl (al-ʔaḡšiya(t) as-siḥāʔiyya), الأَغْشِيَة السِحَائِيَّة m pl (al-ʔaḡšiya(t) as-siḥāʔiyya)
• Finnish: aivokalvot pl, selkäydinkalvot pl
• German: Hirnhaut (de) f
• Greek: μήνιγγες f pl (míninges)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perdeyên mejiyê

• Romanian: meninge (ro) n

See also

• dura mater
• pia mater
• arachnoid

Further reading

• meninges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Noun

meninges

1. plural of meninge

Portuguese

Noun

meninges

1. plural of meninge

Spanish

Noun

meninges

1. plural of meninge