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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
  • dura mater the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
  • leptomeninges the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
  • anterior meningeal artery branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa
  • sand tumor a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
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