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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the dura mater.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the dura mater.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

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  • adjective anatomy Relating to the dura mater.

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  • adjective of or relating to the dura mater

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Examples

  • Anatomically, it involves the muscular-skeletal system, cerebrospinal fluid, dural membrane, connective tissues, autonomic nervous system and fluids.

    Juliet Linley: Craniosacral Therapy For Kids Juliet Linley 2011

  • Influence of TGF-beta isoforms on dural and calvarial bone cell growth and differentiation.

    Related Research 2010

  • Anatomically, it involves the muscular-skeletal system, cerebrospinal fluid, dural membrane, connective tissues, autonomic nervous system and fluids.

    Juliet Linley: Craniosacral Therapy For Kids Juliet Linley 2011

  • • Blood patch for spinal headache a small amount of your blood is injected in the epidural space near the dural puncture

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Subdural hematomas usually present with a slower onset, with venous leakage under the dural membrane causing compression of the brain and headache.

    Be On Alert 2009

  • Arteries, and, less frequently, veins can leak blood into the potential space in between the skull and the dural membrane that covers the brain.

    Be On Alert 2009

  • Chief Justice John Roberts, in his Boumediene dissent, said the Court had struck down the most generous set of proce dural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants.

    Official American Sadism Lewis, Anthony 2008

  • Report this comment to the moderators müjde dural Writes:

    Katha Pollitt on Flanagan and Hirshman 2006

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  • As Ivan unhinged the cerebrum centimeter by centimeter from the dural folds, Jen stepped up to cradle the organ.

    Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001

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