Definitions
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- n. The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Short form for dura mater.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as duramen.
- n. The dura mater (which see).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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The epidural location is the space between the skull and the dura, which is a fibrous membrane which surrounds the brain.
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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.
Joel Schwartzberg: Head Trip: Who Do You Trust When Your Child's Surgeons Give Conflicting Advice?
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These included bone tissue and parts of the tough membrane around the brain, called dura mater.
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_ Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure sans qu'il pût en sortir.
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Blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.
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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).
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Usually caused by a trauma such as a fall, blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.
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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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