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Leptomeninges

In medicine, leptomeninges is a term used to refer to the pia mater and arachnoid mater.^[1]

The morphology of the brain in meningococcal meningitis is said to be covered by exudate of the surface of, and within the leptomeninges.

References

^ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=leptomeninges. Accessed on: May 12, 2007.

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