DURA MATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dura mater mean? 

• DURA MATER (noun)
  The noun DURA MATER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DURA MATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURA MATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dura; dura mater

Hypernyms ("dura mater" is a kind of...):

meninges; meninx (a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord)

Holonyms ("dura mater" is a substance of...):

tentorium ((anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

One group of these macrophages is found along blood vessels in the dura mater (the outermost layer of the meninges) and helps catch pathogens from the blood before they reach brain tissue.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)

A neoplasm that occurs within the spinal canal in the space between the spinal cord and the dura mater.

(Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Canal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

These two layers form the dura mater.

(Meningeal Layer of the Dura Mater, NCI Thesaurus)

An irregularly shaped venous space in the dura mater at either side of the sphenoid bone.

(Cavernous Sinus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Administration to the outside of the dura mater of the spinal cord.

(Peridural Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

A generally slow growing tumor attached to the dura mater.

(Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

The administration of a drug via injection or infusion into the epidural space, the area immediately adjacent to the outside surface of the dura mater of the spinal cord.

(Peridural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater; joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(Internal Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of a drug within or beneath the dura mater.

(Intradural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration upon or over the dura mater.

(Epidural Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)