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dura mater
[ door-uh mey-ter ]
noun
- the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord.
dura mater
/ dr′əmā′tər,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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Example Sentences
From the description, Secretary Clinton has a subdural hematoma, a collection of blood under the dura mater.
The dura mater should be carefully protected from injury as well as the pin.
Nearly two centuries later Baglivi advanced a theory which referred vital movement to the heart and the dura mater.
The condition found on examination of the dura mater varies.
Then, after their removal, the piece of linen described above is to be inserted between the cranium and dura mater.
The dura mater is a membrane which lines the cranial cavity and is formed of tough connective tissue.
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