n. Anat. the tough outermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord (see MENINX).
Etymology: med.L hard mother, transl. Arab. al-'umm al-jafiya ('mother' in Arab. indicating the relationship of things)
n. Anat. the tough outermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord (see MENINX).
Etymology: med.L hard mother, transl. Arab. al-'umm al-jafiya ('mother' in Arab. indicating the relationship of things)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012