Dura mater
WordNet
noun
(1) The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
WiktionaryText
Etymology
First attested circa 1400, from Medieval Latin dura mater cerebri hard mother of the brain, a loan translation of Arabic umm al-dimagh as-safigah, literally thick mother of the brain, matrix of the brain.
Noun
- The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges
Quotations
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 53 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- Hmm, false membranes are adhering to the arachnoidian layer of the . I’m directing my gaze into a world of constant visibility. Where does it hurt?