dura madre

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See also: duramadre

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ra ˈma.dre/
  • Hyphenation: dù‧ra‧mà‧dre

Noun[edit]

dura madre f (plural dure madri)

  1. (anatomy) dura mater
    Synonym: pachimeninge
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