meninx

Other forms of meninx

plural

meninxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about meninx

What does meninx mean?

meninx means "a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord".

How many syllables are in meninx?

meninx has 2 syllables: me-ninx. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for meninx?

Close synonyms include meninges. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meninx a common word?

meninx 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.