English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 262 of 732
A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
A pathogenic bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis), common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis
inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping arachnoid and pia mater, and less commonly also of the dura mater
A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
A movement or philosophy, often presented satirically, in favour of the rights and interests of men.
A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.
Of or relating to the Ancient Greek cynic parodist and polemicist Menippus (3rd century BCE).
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta cocculus, formerly Menispermum cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder.
An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 262. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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