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MATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mater" is a kind of...):
female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))
Context examples:
The dura mater is one of the three layers that form the meninges.
(Dura mater, NCI Dictionary)
An irregularly shaped venous space in the dura mater at either side of the sphenoid bone.
(Cavernous Sinus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The drug must initially cross the dura mater before exerting its effect on the nervous system components.
(Epidural Route of Administration, 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)
Administration of a drug within or beneath the dura mater.
(Intradural 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)
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)
Almotriptan may also relieve vascular headaches by preventing the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular trigeminal axons in the dura mater during a migraine, by reducing extravasation of plasma proteins, and by decreasing the release of other mediators of inflammation from the trigeminal nerve.
(Almotriptan, 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)
The inner layer of the dura mater surrounding the brain.
(Meningeal Layer of the Dura Mater, NCI Thesaurus)
