Meaning of DURA MATER
| Pronunciation: | | `dyûuru'meytur
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| | Definition: | | [n] the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges |
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| | Synonyms: | | dura |
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| | See Also: | | meninges, meninx, tentorium | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Du"ra ma"ter\ [L., lit., hard mother. The membrane
was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought
to give rise to every membrane of the body.] (Anat.)
The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the
skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal
cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
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| | Definition: | | The three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord; going from skull to the brain, the membranes are the dura mater (the toughest of the three, a.k.a the pachymennix), the arachnoid (so called because it resembles a web) and the pia mater (delicate and highly vascular). |
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