dura madre

See also: duramadre

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dūra māter [​cerebrī​] (literally “hard mother [of the brain]”), loan translation of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة‎ (ʾumm ad-dimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain”, “matrix of the brain”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /du.raˈma.dre/, [d̪ur̺äˈmäːd̪r̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -adre

Noun

dura madre f (plural dure madri)

  1. (anatomy) dura mater

Synonyms
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