Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
duramen . - noun The dura mater (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Short form for
dura mater .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
dura mater , the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
Etymologies
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Examples
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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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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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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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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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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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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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