dura madre

See also: duramadre

Italian

Alternative forms

• duramadre

Etymology

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

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

Noun

dura madre f (plural dure madri)

1. (anatomy) dura mater

Synonyms

• pachimeninge