Etymology · Ancient Greek
μῆνῐγξ
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ, most common first.
- meningitisInflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
- meningomyeloceleA congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
- meninxA membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.