ARACHNOID

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

adj. A?r-a?k’noid. Lat., a rach no ide us (from äpéxvm, a spider’s web, and elëos appearance), arancosus. Fr., arachnoïde, arachnoïdien. Ger., spinnen webig, spinneniebenartig. It., aracnoide. Sp. aracnoideo. 1. Resembling a spider's web in texture. [B.] 2 Pertaining to the a. membrane. [B.] 3. See ARANEOSUS (2d def.).