Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as duramen.
- n. The dura mater (which see).
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Short form for dura mater.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
Examples
“ELAD LEVY, MILLARD FILLMORE GATES HOSPITAL: An epidural hematoma is basically a blood clot that forms between the covering of the brain, which is called the dura, and the hard box of the skull.”
“ELAD LEVY, MILLARD FILLMORE GATES HOSPITAL: An epidural hematoma is basically a blood cot that forms between the covering of the brain, which is called the dura, and then the hard box of the skull.”
“The epidural location is the space between the skull and the dura, which is a fibrous membrane which surrounds the brain.”
“They trimmed it, but also expanded the thin covering of my son's brain, called the dura, like tailors letting out a pair of pants.”
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“These included bone tissue and parts of the tough membrane around the brain, called dura mater.”
“_ Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure sans qu'il pût en sortir.”
“Blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.”
“The physician guides a needle into the epidural space (located within the spinal canal between the vertebrae and the tough inner membrane called the dura mater or dura).”
“Usually caused by a trauma such as a fall, blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.”
“Building herself a large house in the center of the moshavah, she cultivated grain crops (wheat, barley and cattle fodder such as dura, and also ran a subsidiary farm devoted primarily to raising animals (cattle, poultry, sheep and horses) and also to growing vegetables.”
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