meninx

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UK/ˈmen.ɪŋks/US/ˈmi.nɪŋks/US/ˈmɛn.ɪŋks/

noun

A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.

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matermeninges
OriginNew Latin mēninx ← Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ →
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Meanings

nounmeninx (plural meninges)

plural meninges · alternative meninge

  1. plural normallyanatomyA membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.

    Synonyms: mater

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.

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mater

More synonyms by meaning

nouna membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord

Similar
meninges
Broader
membranetissue layer
Also see
djerbameninges

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμῆνῐγξ“membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”
  2. New Latinmēninx
  3. Englishmeninx

Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ
  • μῆνιγξ (mêninx)membrane
Arabic سحاءة, سحايا
  • سحاءة (siḥā'ah)membrane
  • سحايا (saḥāya)membrane
Catalan meninge
  • meningemembrane
Chinese Mandarin 腦脊膜 /脑脊膜, 腦膜 /脑膜
  • 腦脊膜 /脑脊膜 (nǎojǐmó)membrane
  • 腦膜 /脑膜 (nǎomó)membrane
Czech mozková blána
  • mozková blánamembrane
Dutch Hersenvlies
  • Hersenvliesmembrane
Finnish kalvo, aivokalvo
  • kalvomembrane
  • aivokalvomembrane
  • selkäydinkalvomembrane
French méninge
  • méningemembrane
German Hirnhaut
  • Hirnhautmembrane
Greek μήνιγγα
  • μήνιγγα (míninga)membrane
Hungarian agyhártya
  • agyhártyamembrane
Italian meninge
  • meningemembrane
Māori kiriuhiroro
  • kiriuhiroromembrane
Persian مننژ
  • مننژ (menanž)membrane
Polish opona mózgowo-rdzeniowa
  • opona mózgowo-rdzeniowamembrane
Portuguese meninge
  • meningemembrane
Russian мозгова́я оболо́чка
  • мозгова́я оболо́чка (mozgovája obolóčka)membrane
Spanish meninge
  • meningemembrane
Swedish hjärnhinna
  • hjärnhinnamembrane
Vietnamese màng óc, màng não
  • màng ócmembrane
  • màng nãomembrane
Welsh pilen yr ymennydd
  • pilen yr ymennyddmembrane
Cite this entry
APA

meninx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meninx

MLA

“meninx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meninx. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meninx,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meninx.

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