du·ra mat·er
(dū'ră mā'tĕr), [TA] Pachymeninx (as distinguished from leptomeninx, the combined pia mater and arachnoid); a tough, fibrous membrane forming the outer covering of the central nervous system, consisting of periosteal and meningeal dura layer and an inner part, the dural border cell layer, continuous with the arachnoid barrier cell layer.
[L. hard mother, mistransl. of Ar. umm al-jāfīyah, tough protector or covering]
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du·ra ma·ter
(dūr'ă mā'tĕr) [TA] Pachymeninx (as distinguished from leptomeninx, the combined pia mater and arachnoid); a tough, fibrous membrane forming the outer covering of the central nervous system.
Synonym(s):
dura.
[L. hard mother, mistransl. of Ar. umm al-jāfīyah, tough protector or covering]
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Dura
The strongest and outermost of three membranes that protect the brain, spinal cord, and nerves of the cauda equina.
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