dura mater (redirected from Dural mater)

dura mater /du·ra ma·ter/ (doo´rah ma´ter) the outermost, toughest of the three meninges (membranes) of the brain and spinal cord.

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dura ma·ter (mtr, mä-)

n.

The tough fibrous membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord and lining the inner surface of the skull. Also called dura, pachymeninx.

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Dura mater

One of the membranes that sheathes the spinal cord and brain; the dura mater is the outermost layer.

Mentioned in: Central Nervous System Infections

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dura mater

[doo͡′rə mā′tər, dyoo͡′rə]

Etymology: L, durus, hard, mater, mother

the outermost and most fibrous of the three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The dura mater encephali covers the brain, and the dura mater spinalis covers the cord. See also meninges.

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dura mater

[L.] the outermost, toughest and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and spinal cord.