dura mater

Meaning

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

Synonyms

dura

endocranium

meninges

pia mater

external meninge

sclerotic coat

Translations

dure-mère

dura madre

harte Rückenmarkshaut

duramadre

dura-máter

dura Mater

Meninx

Pachymeninx

méninge

Dura mater

dura mater

pia mater

duramadre

pachimeninge

Hirnaut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdjʊə.ɹə ˈmeɪ.tə/

Etymology

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”).