dura mater

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdjʊə.ɹə ˈmeɪ.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd(j)ʊɹ.ə ˌmeɪ.tɚ/, /ˈd(j)ʊɹ.ə ˌmɑt.ɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === dura mater (plural durae matres or dura maters, abbreviation dura) (anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord. Coordinate terms: arachnoid, pia mater ==== Translations ==== === References === “dura mater”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “dura mater”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === armatured == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin dūra māter (literally “firm, strict mother”) === Noun === dura mater (uncountable) (neuroanatomy) dura mater Synonym: selaput keras otak ==== Alternative forms ==== dura === Further reading === “dura mater”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dura mater. === Noun === dura mater f (uncountable) dura mater ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. Please edit the entry and supply |def= and |pl= parameters to the {{ro-noun-f}} template.