the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord
dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater
Derived forms
meningeal (mɪˈnɪndʒɪəl)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Greek, pl of meninx membrane
Examples of 'meninx' in a sentence
meninx
In the 13 cases of membranous tuberculosis, the lesions involved meninx, pericardium, pleura and peritoneum.
Yingying Deng, Xiangdong Li, Yong Xiang, Hongjun Li, Puxuan Lu, Weiye Yu 2018, 'Application of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis', Radiology of Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352621118300111. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Intracranial lipomas are regarded as congenital malformations of the meninx primitiva.
Ahmet Kasım Kılıç, Serap Saygı 2014, 'Pericallosal lipomas: aetiology of symptomatic epilepsy or incidental thalamic involvementwith idiopathic generalized epilepsy?: Two case reports.', Epilepsihttp://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=epilepsi&plng=tur&un=JTES-92485. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)