menial | (noun) a domestic servant | - |
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meninges | (noun) a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | Synonyms: meninx |
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meningioma | (noun) a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant | - |
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meningism | (noun) symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges | - |
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meningitis | (noun) infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea | - |
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meningocele | (noun) a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue) | - |
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meningoencephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis |
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meninx | (noun) a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | Synonyms: meninges |
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meniscectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee | - |
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meniscus | (noun) (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube | - |
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(noun) (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other | - |
(noun) (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint | Synonyms: semilunar cartilage |