du·ra

[door-uh, dyoor-uh]
noun

Origin:
1880–85

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dura du·ra (d&oobreve;r'ə, dy&oobreve;r'ə)
n.
See dura mater.


du'ral adj.

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Dura is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Bible Dictionary

Dura definition


the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image.

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Example sentences
They communicate with the meningeal veins and the sinuses of the dura mater, and with the veins of the pericranium.
The spinal cord is remarkably well protected, by bone and by its tough outer layer, the dura.
Point for trephining over the straight portion of the transverse sinus, exposing dura mater of both cerebrum and cerebellum.
The dura mater is used as an implant in human brain surgery.
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