dura mater

Betekenis (Engels)

The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

Sinonieme

external meninge

sclerotic coat

Vertalings

harte Rückenmarkshaut

dura Mater

Meninx

Pachymeninx

Dura mater

dura mater

pia mater

Hirnaut

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌdjʊə.ɹə ˈmeɪ.tə/
Etimologie (Engels)

First 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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