du·ra ma·ter (d r  m  tr, mä-, dyr)n. The tough fibrous membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord and lining the inner surface of the skull. It is the outermost of the three meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin d  ra mter (cerebr ), hard mother (of the brain), dura mater (translation of Arabic 'umm ad-dim a -figah, the dense mother of the brain, matrix of the brain) : Latin dra, feminine of drus, hard; see duramen + Latin mter, mother; see mater.] |
dura mater [ˈdjʊərə ˈmeɪtə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the outermost and toughest of the three membranes (see meninges) covering the brain and spinal cord Often shortened to dura
[from Medieval Latin, hard mother]
| dura mater (dr mtr, mä-) The tough fibrous membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord and lining the inner surface of the skull. It is the outermost of the three membranes (meninges) that surround the central nervous system, overlying the arachnoid and pia mater. |
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