- meninges
- meninges plural, 1610s, "the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord," from M.Fr. meninges (1530s) or directly from medical Latin, plural of meninx, from Gk. meninx (see MENINGITIS (Cf. meningitis)).
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Meninges — of the CNS Gray s subject #193 872 Artery … Wikipedia
meninges — meninges, estrujarse las meninges expr. pensar, cavilar. ❙ «...para no perder el tiempo en gilipolleces me estrujé las meninges tratando de dar con una buena coartada...» C. Pérez Merinero, La mano armada … Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"
méninges — ● méninges nom féminin pluriel Familier. Le cerveau, l esprit : Ne te casse pas les méninges … Encyclopédie Universelle
Meninges — Me*nin ges (m[ e]*n[i^]n j[=e]z), n. pl.; sing. {Meninx} (m[ e]*n[i^][ng]ks ). [NL., fr. Gr. mh^nigx, mh^niggos, a membrane.] (Anat.) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meninges — Cada una de las tres membranas que rodean el cerebro y la médula espinal: duramadre, piamadre y aracnoides. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
meninges — ► PLURAL NOUN (sing. meninx) ▪ the three membranes that enclose the brain and spinal cord. ORIGIN from Greek m ninx membrane … English terms dictionary
meninges — [mə nin′jēz΄] pl.n. sing. meninx [mē′niŋks΄] [ModL, pl. of meninx < Gr mēninx (gen. mēningos), a membrane, akin to L membrum, MEMBER] the three membranes that envelop the brain and the spinal cord: they are the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia… … English World dictionary
meninges — meningeal /mi nin jee euhl/, adj. /mi nin jeez/, n.pl., sing. meninx /mee ningks/. Anat. the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Cf. arachnoid (def. 6), dura mater, pia mater. [1610 20; < NL < Gk méninges, pl. of MÊNINX membra … Universalium
Méninges — Méninge Méninge Une coupe des dif … Wikipédia en Français
Meninges — The three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord (singular: meninx). The outside meninx is called the dura mater, and is the most resilient of the three. The center layer is the pia mater, and the thin innermost layer is the arachnoid.… … Medical dictionary
