subdural
IPA: sʌbdɝʌɫ
noun
- (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of subdural hematoma.. [(medicine) A mass of blood formed between the dura and the arachnoid membranes, usually as a result of trauma to the head.]
adjective
- (anatomy) Located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater.
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Examples of "subdural" in Sentences
- That could result in what we call the subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull.
- Symptoms of such brain bleeding, known as a subdural hematoma, may not be present until several weeks afterward.
- What it sounds like, Bill, was that it was something known as a subdural hematoma, a blood clot underneath the surface of the brain.
- That could result in what we call a subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull and that leads to a buildup of pressure.
- On the other hand, babies delivered by C-section were less likely to have one type of bleeding around the brain -- known as subdural hemorrhage.
- PERPER: Well, sometimes you can have a slow brain bleed, which is called subdural hemorrhage, which is gradual, and it depends on the rate of bleeding.
- When the man sneezed, the violence of it, whether due to change in pressure or him throwing himself forward, resulted in something called a subdural hematoma.
- Interestingly, when he was thrown from a horse back in 1989, his wife noticed that he got a little dizzy one morning and he had a little bit of what they called a subdural hematoma.
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