lep to meningitis

(lep-to-men-in-ji’tis),n. [ to meninges + -it is. Cf. meningitis.] In pathol., inflammation of the pia mater and arachnoid. Leptome ria (lep-to-mé’ri-&), ». [NL. (R. Brown, 1810), so called from the small delicate Long-legged Spider-crab (Lep to podia sagitta ria). flowers; ¢ Gr. Aexr6c, small, slender, + pépoc, a part.] A genus of dicotyledonous apetalous genus of spider-crabs, founded by Leach in plants, of the natural order Santa lace and tribe 1814. They have a small triangular body with a long Osyridee, with minute hermaphrodite flowers acute rostrum, and extremely long, slender legs. DL. sagiterowded in terminal or lateral racemes or taria, whose body is le than an inch broad, has legs nearly a foot long. spikes, and small drupes, sometimes with a