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

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Definition that contains meninges
  • meningitis infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
  • subdural below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges
  • meningioma a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant
  • dura the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
  • arachnoid the middle of the 3 meninges
  • meningeal relating to the meninges
  • meningocele a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
  • cerebromeningitis inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
  • pia mater the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
  • subarachnoid space a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid
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