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nouna 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