ependyma

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ependyma - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ependyma \Ep*en"dy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an upper garment;
     'epi` upon + ? a garment; ? in + ? to put on.] (Anat.)
     The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the
     canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
     [1913 Webster]

ependyma - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ependyma
      n 1: thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain
           and the spinal cord canal