meningeal

1. 1.

   relating to the meninges

Questions about meningeal

What does meningeal mean?

meningeal means "relating to the meninges".

How many syllables are in meningeal?

meningeal has 4 syllables and divides as me-nin-ge-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is meningeal a common word?

meningeal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.