meninx

See also: Meninx

English

Meninges

Etymology

Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiːnɪŋks/

Noun

meninx (plural meninges)

a membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates

Synonyms

meninge

Hyponyms

Translations

membrane

Arabic: سحاءة‎ (siḥā'ah), سحايا‎ pl (saḥāya)
Armenian: ուղեղաթաղանթ (hy) (ułełatʿałantʿ)
Catalan: meninge (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦脊膜, 脑脊膜 (nǎojǐmó), 腦膜 (zh), 脑膜 (zh) (nǎomó)
Czech: mozková blána f
Dutch: Hersenvlies
Finnish: kalvo (fi), aivokalvo (fi), selkäydinkalvo
French: méninge (fr)
German: Hirnhaut (de) f

Greek: μήνιγγα (el) f (míninga)
Ancient: μῆνιγξ f (mêninx)
Italian: meninge (it) f
Persian: مننژ‎ (menanz)
Portuguese: meninge (pt) f
Russian: мозгова́я оболо́чка (mozgovája obolóčka)
Serbo-Croatian: moždanica f
Spanish: meninge (es) f
Swedish: hjärnhinna (sv) c

See also

meninx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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