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DURA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
Synonyms:
dura; dura mater
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dura" is a kind of...):
meninges; meninx (a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord)
Holonyms ("dura" is a substance of...):
tentorium ((anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum)
Derivation:
dural (of or relating to the dura mater)
Context examples:
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)
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 generally slow growing tumor attached to the dura mater.
(Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
A benign osteocartilaginous tumor usually arising from the dura.
(Osteochondroma of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)
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 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)
Venous channels within the dura mater of the brain which receives both blood from blood vessels within the brain as well as cerebrospinal fluid then drains into the internal jugular vein.
(Dural Venous Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)
A delicate fibrous membrane interposed between the dura mater and the pia mater of the brain and spinal cord.
(Arachnoid Membrane, 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)
