dura

IPA: dˈʊrʌ

Root Word: Dura

A surname.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of dura mater.. [(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.]
Alternative form of durra. [A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).]

Examples of "dura" in Sentences

_ Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure sans qu'il pût en sortir.
Blood builds up between the cover of the brain, called the dura, and the skull.
These included bone tissue and parts of the tough membrane around the brain, called dura mater.
The epidural location is the space between the skull and the dura, which is a fibrous membrane which surrounds the brain.
They trimmed it, but also expanded the thin covering of my son's brain, called the dura, like tailors letting out a pair of pants.
The physician guides a needle into the epidural space (located within the spinal canal between the vertebrae and the tough inner membrane called the dura mater or dura).
ELAD LEVY, MILLARD FILLMORE GATES HOSPITAL: An epidural hematoma is basically a blood clot that forms between the covering of the brain, which is called the dura, and the hard box of the skull.
ELAD LEVY, MILLARD FILLMORE GATES HOSPITAL: An epidural hematoma is basically a blood cot that forms between the covering of the brain, which is called the dura, and then the hard box of the skull.