arachnoid mater

English

Meninges

Noun

arachnoid mater (plural arachnoid maters)

1. (anatomy) The middle layer of the meninges. A membrane that protects the brain and spinal cord below the dura mater and above the subarachnoid space and the pia mater.

Synonyms

• arachnoid

Derived terms

• arachnoïdien

Translations

middle layer of the meninges

• Catalan: aracnoide f, membrana aracnoide f
• Finnish: lukinkalvo (fi)
• French: arachnoïde (fr) f
• Greek: αραχνοειδής μήνιγξ f (arachnoeidís míninx)
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• Ido: araknoido (io)
• Portuguese: aracnoide (pt) f
• Spanish: aracnoides (es) m
• Swedish: spindelvävshinnan c