DURAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dural mean? 

• DURAL (adjective)
  The adjective DURAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the dura mater

  Familiarity information: DURAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the dura mater

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

dura mater (the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges)

Derivation:

dura (the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges)

 Context examples 

Radiologically, the lymphomatous dural infiltration mimics meningioma.

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

Unlike other blood vessels, dural venous sinuses lack valves and other vessel associated layers.

(Dural Venous Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically, it corresponds to similar tumors arising in bone, but should be differentiated from asymptomatic dural calcification, ossification related to metabolic disease or trauma, and neuroectodermal tumors such as astrocytoma and gliosarcoma that occasionally show osseous or chondroid differentiation.

(Osteochondroma of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)