Anatomy
dura mater
du·ra ma·ter [ der-uh may-ter ]
Subclass of:
Meninges
Definitions related to dura mater:
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A thin protective membrane covering the brain and spinal cord.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Outermost and heaviest layer of the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The outermost of the three MENINGES, a fibrous membrane of connective tissue that covers the brain and the spinal cord.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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