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MENINGEAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to the meninges
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
meninges (a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord)
Derivation:
meninges (a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord)
Context examples:
Also called carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal carcinoma, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, leptomeningeal metastasis, meningeal carcinomatosis, and neoplastic meningitis.
(Meningeal metastasis, NCI Dictionary)
A meningeal melanoma with secondary diffuse meningeal spread.
(Meningeal Melanomatosis, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
This includes meningeal and other tumors that occur in the spaces that surround the brain, and neoplasms of the brain.
(Intracranial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal carcinoma, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, meningeal carcinomatosis, meningeal metastasis, and neoplastic meningitis.
(Leptomeningeal metastasis, NCI Dictionary)
Representative examples include pneumococcal , streptococcal, salmonella and meningeal infections.
(Bacterial Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
They observed that during normal conditions, meningeal macrophages were on constant alert against threats, continually extending their thin arms and surveying their environment.
(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)
Also called leptomeningeal carcinoma, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, leptomeningeal metastasis, meningeal carcinomatosis, meningeal metastasis, and neoplastic meningitis.
(Carcinomatous meningitis, NCI Dictionary)
The neoplastic cells are derived from meningeal connective tissue.
(Meningeal Sarcomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare malignant tumor derived from meningeal connective tissue.
(Meningeal Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Neoplasms of the meningeal coverings, typically well demarcated with pushing encapsulated borders.
(Mouse Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
