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Meninx

//ˈmen.ɪŋks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates. plural-normally
  2. 2
    a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord wordnet

Etymology

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

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