Leptomeninges

Leptomeninges

In medicine, leptomeninges (literally thin meninges) is a term used to refer to the pia mater and arachnoid mater. [EMedicineDictionary|leptomeninges]

The morphology of the brain in meningococcal meningitis is said to be covered by exudate of the surface of, and within the leptomeninges.

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  • leptoméninges — [ lɛptomenɛ̃ʒ ] n. f. pl. • 1971; gr. leptos « mince » et méninge ♦ Anat. Les deux méninges molles du cerveau et de la moelle épinière : l arachnoïde et la pie mère. Les leptoméninges et la dure mère. leptoméninges [lɛptomenɛ̃ʒ] n. f. pl. ÉTYM.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • leptomeninges — Aracnoides y piamadre, dos de las tres capas que cubren el sistema nervioso central. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • leptomeninges — noun The innermost layers of the meninges; the pia mater and the arachnoid See Also: leptomeningeal …   Wiktionary

  • leptomeninges — lep·to·me·nin·ges mə nin (.)jēz n pl the pia mater and the arachnoid considered together as investing the brain and spinal cord called also leptomeninx, pia arachnoid * * * pl. n. the inner two meninges: the arachnoid and pia mater. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • leptomeninges — lep·to·meninges …   English syllables

  • leptomeninges — pl. n. the inner two meninges: the arachnoid and pia mater …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • leptomeninges — noun the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers • Hypernyms: ↑meninx, ↑meninges • Part Meronyms: ↑arachnoid, ↑arachnoid membrane, ↑pia mater …   Useful english dictionary

  • leptomeninges, leptomeninx — SYN: leptomeninx. [lepto + G. meninx, pl. meninges, membrane] …   Medical dictionary

  • Лептоменинкс (Leptomeninges) — две мозговые оболочки: паутинная и мягкая мозговая оболочка. Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

  • ЛЕПТОМЕНИНКС — (leptomeninges) две мозговые оболочки: паутинная и мягкая мозговая оболочка …   Толковый словарь по медицине

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