dura mater
The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the…The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.
Meaning
1 sensesThe tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.
Dura mater
твёрдая мозговая оболочкаtvjórdaja mozgovaja oboločka
the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
Translations
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Origin
First attested c. 1400, borrowing from Medieval Latin dūra māter (literally “firm, strictFirst attested c. 1400, borrowing from Medieval Latin dūra māter (literally “firm, strict mother”), ellipsis of dūra māter cerebrī (literally “hard mother of the brain”), calque of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة (ʔumm al-ddimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain”).
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