dura mater
English
Etymology
First attested circa 1400, from Medieval Latin dura mater cerebri (literally “hard mother of the brain”), a loan translation of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة (ʾumm ad-dimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain, matrix of the brain”).
Noun
- (anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 53 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- Hmm, false membranes are adhering to the arachnoidian layer of the dura mater. I’m directing my gaze into a world of constant visibility. Where does it hurt?
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 53 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
Translations
anatomy: outermost layer of the meninges
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See also
dura mater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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