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arachnoid

A คล้าย ใยแมงมุม  klai-yai-mang-mum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARACHNOID

a.[Gr. a spider, and from; Heb. to weave, that is to stretch, to draw out; Eng. reach. ] In anatomy, the arachnoid tunic, or arachnoid, is a semitransparent thin membrane which is spread over the brain and piamater, and for the most part closely connected with the latter. The term has also been applied to that capsule of the crystalline lens, which is a continuation of the hyaloid membrane.

 

ARACHNOID

n.A species of madrepore found fossil.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARACHNOID

A *rach "noid, a. Etym: [Gr.

 

1. Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.

 

ARACHNOID

ARACHNOID A *rach "noid, n.

 

1. (Anat. )

 

Defn: The arachnoid membrane.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Arachnoidea.

 

ARACHNOIDAL

ARACHNOIDAL Ar `ach *noid "al, a. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

 

ARACHNOIDEA

Ar `ach *noid "e *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Arachnida.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arachnoid

a rach noid |əˈrakˌnoid əˈræknɔɪd | adjective like a spider or arachnid. noun (also arachnoid membrane or arachnoid mater ) Anatomy a fine, delicate membrane, the middle one of the three membranes or meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord, situated between the dura mater and the pia mater. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin arachnoides, from Greek arakhnoeidēs like a cobweb, from arakhnē spider.

 

Oxford Dictionary

arachnoid

arachnoid |əˈraknɔɪd | adjective like a spider or arachnid. noun (also arachnoid membrane ) Anatomy a fine, delicate membrane, the middle one of the three membranes or meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord, situated between the dura mater and the pia mater. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin arachnoides, from Greek arakhnoeidēs like a cobweb , from arakhnē spider .

 

Duden Dictionary

arachnoid

arach no id Adjektiv |arachno i d |spinnenähnlich

 

Arachnoide

Arach no i de Substantiv, feminin , die Arachnide |Arachno i de |die Arachnoide; Genitiv: der Arachnoide, Plural: die Arachnoiden Spinnentier

 

Arachnoidea

Arach no i dea Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Arachno i dea |die Arachnoidea; Genitiv: der Arachnoidea eine der drei Hirnhäute, die das Zentralnervensystem der Säugetiere und des Menschen umgeben

 

Arachnoiden

Arach no i den Pluralwort Zoologie , die Arachniden |Arachno i den |Pluraletantum zu griechisch aráchnē = Spinne Spinnentiere

 

Arachnoiditis

Arach no i di tis Substantiv, feminin , die Arachnitis |Arachnoid i tis |die Arachnoiditis; Genitiv: der Arachnoiditis, Plural: die Arachnoidititiden griechisch-neulateinisch Entzündung der Arachnoidea