| MENING | • MENE v. (Scots) to lament, moan, also MEANE, MEIN. |
| MENINGEAL | • meningeal adj. (Anatomy, relational) Relating to the meninges. • MENINGEAL adj. of or pertaining to the meninx, the membrane enclosing the brain and spinal cord. |
| MENINGES | • meninges n. (Anatomy, chiefly plural) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. • MENINX n. (Greek) any of the membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord. |
| MENINGIOMA | • meningioma n. (Pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign. • MENINGIOMA n. a tumour of the meninges of the brain. |
| MENINGIOMAS | • meningiomas n. Plural of meningioma. • MENINGIOMA n. a tumour of the meninges of the brain. |
| MENINGIOMATA | • meningiomata n. Plural of meningioma. • MENINGIOMA n. a tumour of the meninges of the brain. |
| MENINGITIC | • meningitic adj. Of or pertaining to meningitis. • MENINGITIC adj. relating to meningitis, inflammation of the meninx. |
| MENINGITIDES | • meningitides n. Plural of meningitis. • MENINGITIS n. inflammation of the meninx. |
| MENINGITIS | • meningitis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia… • MENINGITIS n. inflammation of the meninx. |
| MENINGITISES | • MENINGITIS n. inflammation of the meninx. |
| MENINGOCELE | • meningocele n. (Pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull. • MENINGOCELE n. protrusion of the meninges through the skull. |
| MENINGOCELES | • meningoceles n. Plural of meningocele. • MENINGOCELE n. protrusion of the meninges through the skull. |
| MENINGOCOCCAL | • meningococcal adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by meningococci. • MENINGOCOCCAL adj. of or relating to the bacterium meningococcus, also MENINGOCOCCIC. |
| MENINGOCOCCI | • meningococci n. Plural of meningococcus. • MENINGOCOCCUS n. a bacterium involved in cerebrospinal fever and meningitis. |
| MENINGOCOCCIC | • meningococcic adj. Meningococcal. • MENINGOCOCCIC adj. of or relating to the bacterium meningococcus, also MENINGOCOCCAL. |
| MENINGOCOCCUS | • meningococcus n. A pathogenic bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis. • MENINGOCOCCUS n. a bacterium involved in cerebrospinal fever and meningitis. |
| MENINX | • meninx n. (Anatomy, usually in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull… • MENINX n. (Greek) any of the membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord. |