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Dictionary entry overview: What does meninx mean?

• MENINX (noun)
The noun MENINX has 1 sense:

1. a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord

Familiarity information: MENINX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MENINX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

meninges; meninx

Hypernyms ("meninx" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals)

Meronyms (parts of "meninx"):

subarachnoid space (a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meninx"):

leptomeninges (the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers)

dura; dura mater (the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges)

arachnoid; arachnoid membrane (the middle of the 3 meninges)

pia mater (the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges)

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