meninx

/ˈmen.ɪŋks/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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

μῆνῐγξ(grc)→
mēninx(la-new)→
meninx (English)
Relations: bor, der

Related words

mēninx(la-new)μῆνῐγξ(grc)

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