arachnoid
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a·rach·noid
(ə-răk′noid′)adj.
1. Anatomy Of or relating to a delicate membrane enclosing the spinal cord and brain.
2. Of, relating to, or resembling arachnids.
3. Covered with or consisting of thin, soft, entangled hairs or fibers resembling those of a cobweb or spider's web.
n.
1. An arachnid.
2. Anatomy A delicate membrane that encloses the spinal cord and brain and lies between the pia mater and dura mater.
[New Latin arachnoīdēs, from Greek arakhnoeidēs, cobweblike : arakhnē, spider + -oeidēs, -oid.]
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arachnoid
(əˈræknɔɪd)n
1. (Anatomy) the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. See meninges
2. (Zoology) another name for arachnid
adj
3. (Anatomy) of or relating to the middle of the three meninges
4. (Botany) botany consisting of or covered with soft fine hairs or fibres
5. (Zoology) of or relating to the arachnids
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a•rach•noid
(əˈræk nɔɪd)adj.
1. of or belonging to the arachnids.
2. of or pertaining to the arachnoid.
3. Bot. formed of or covered with long, delicate hairs or fibers.
n. 4. the serous membrane forming the middle of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare dura mater, meninges, pia mater.
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arachnoid
A web-like membrane: the middle of the three meninges covering the brain and spinal cord.
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| Noun | 1. | arachnoid - the middle of the 3 meninges leptomeninges - the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers |
| 2. |  arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legsarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin Arachnida, class Arachnida - a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings harvestman, Phalangium opilio, daddy longlegs - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs scorpion - arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger false scorpion, pseudoscorpion - small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion whip scorpion, whip-scorpion - nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger spider - predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey acarine - mite or tick | |
| Adj. | 1. |  arachnoid - relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnidazoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals |
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