Dura mater
WordNet

noun


(1)   The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
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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



  1. 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?
 
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