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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meninges  \Me*nin"ges\,  n.  pl.;  sing.  {Meninx}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?, 
  ?,  a  membrane.]  (Anat.) 
  The  three  membranes  that  envelop  the  brain  and  spinal  cord; 
  the  pia  mater,  dura  mater,  and  arachnoid  membrane. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meninges 
  n  :  a  membrane  (one  of  3)  that  envelops  the  brain  and  spinal 
  cord  [syn:  {meninx}] 




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