meningeal
English
Etymology
From New Latin mēningeus + -al, from mēninga (“membrane covering the brain”) + -eus (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈnɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛn.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəl, -iːəl
Adjective
meningeal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Relating to the meninges.
Derived terms
- cerebromeningeal
- corticomeningeal
- extrameningeal
- intermeningeal
- intrameningeal
- meningeal artery
- meningeally
- neuromeningeal
- nonmeningeal
- pachymeningeal
- parameningeal
- perimeningeal
- submeningeal
Translations
relating to the meninges
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References
- “meningeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “meningeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- Mengelian, enameling, malengine