"meninx" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmiː.nɪŋks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmi.nɪŋks/ [General-American], /ˈmɛn.ɪŋks/ [General-American] Forms: meninges [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnɪŋks, -ɛnɪŋks Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mêninx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|mēninx}} New Latin mēninx, {{bor|en|grc|μῆνῐγξ||membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum}} Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mêninx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”) Head templates: {{en-noun|meninges}} meninx (plural meninges)
  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: mater, meninge Derived forms: meningo-, mening-, pachymeninx Related terms: meningeal, meningitis Translations (membrane): μῆνιγξ (mêninx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سحاءة (siḥā'ah) (Arabic), سحايا (saḥāya) [plural] (Arabic), ուղեղաթաղանթ (uġeġatʻaġantʻ) (Armenian), meninge [feminine] (Catalan), 腦脊膜 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑脊膜 (nǎojǐmó) (Chinese Mandarin), 腦膜 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑膜 (nǎomó) (Chinese Mandarin), mozková blána [feminine] (Czech), Hersenvlies (Dutch), kalvo (Finnish), aivokalvo (Finnish), selkäydinkalvo (Finnish), méninge (French), Hirnhaut [feminine] (German), μήνιγγα (míninga) [feminine] (Greek), agyhártya (Hungarian), meninge [feminine] (Italian), мозочница (mozočnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kiriuhiroro (Maori), مننژ (menanž) (Persian), opona mózgowo-rdzeniowa [feminine] (Polish), meninge [feminine] (Portuguese), мозгова́я оболо́чка (mozgovája obolóčka) (Russian), moždanica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), meninge [feminine] (Spanish), hjärnhinna [common-gender] (Swedish), pilen yr ymennydd [feminine] (Welsh)

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        "feminine"
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      "word": "meninge"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mozočnica",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мозочница"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "word": "kiriuhiroro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "menanž",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "word": "مننژ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opona mózgowo-rdzeniowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meninge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mozgovája obolóčka",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "word": "мозгова́я оболо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moždanica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meninge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjärnhinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "membrane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pilen yr ymennydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meninx"
}

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