DURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dura mean? 

• DURA (noun)
  The noun DURA has 1 sense:

1. the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges

  Familiarity information: DURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dura; dura mater

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 

A rare, primary marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue that arises from the meningeal dura.

(Dural Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The dura mater is one of the three layers that form the meninges.

(Dura mater, NCI Dictionary)

Administration within or beneath the dura.

(Intradural Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

The inner layer of the dura mater surrounding the brain.

(Meningeal Layer of the Dura Mater, NCI Thesaurus)

The team discovered lymphatic vessels in the dura, the leathery outer coating of the brain.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)

The drug must initially cross the dura mater before exerting its effect on the nervous system components.

(Epidural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

An area within the dura sheath but outside of the spinal cord.

(Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Canal Space, NCI Thesaurus)

Space between the dura mater and the walls of the vertebral canal.

(Epidural Spinal Canal Space, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration upon or over the dura mater.

(Epidural Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Administration of a drug within or beneath the dura mater.

(Intradural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)