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MENINX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

meninges; meninx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("meninx" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Meronyms (parts of "meninx"):

subarachnoid space (a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meninx"):

leptomeninges (the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers)

dura; dura mater (the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges)

arachnoid; arachnoid membrane (the middle of the 3 meninges)

pia mater (the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges)

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 Context examples: 

Multiple meningiomas that arises from the spinal meninges.

(Multiple Intraspinal Meningiomas, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the meninges (three thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Meningitis, NCI Dictionary)

A type of slow-growing tumor that forms in the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Meningioma, NCI Dictionary)

A usually well differentiated melanocytic neoplasm arising from the meninges.

(Meningeal Melanocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare condition characterized by diffuse spread of sarcoma cells throughout the meninges.

(Meningeal Sarcomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm of the meninges.

(Benign Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign or malignant mesenchymal neoplasm originating in the central nervous system or the meninges and showing fibrous, fibrohistiocytic, adipose, myoid, endothelial, chondroid or osseous, but not meningothelial differentiation.

(Central Nervous System Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

It has a superficial location in the cerebral hemispheres and involvement of the meninges.

(Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

Of, or related to, the structures proximal to meninges.

(Parameningeal, NCI Thesaurus)

While searching for structures associated with the meninges, the researchers noticed vessel-like patterns.

(Lymphatic Vessels Discovered in Central Nervous System, NIH)