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)

1. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦膜的／脑膜的 (zh) (nǎomó de)

• Czech: meningeální
• French: méningé (fr)
• German: Hirnhaut- (de)
• Hungarian: agyhártyai
• Italian: meningeo
• Latin: mēningeus
• Romanian: meningian (ro)
• Spanish: meníngeo

References

• “meningeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “meningeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Mengelian, enameling, malengine