Definition of Dural

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the dura mater.

Derivative terms: Dura
Partainyms: Dura Mater

Definition of Dural

1. a. Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

Definition of Dural

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Relating to the dura mater. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dural

1. of the dura mater (a brain membrane) [adj]

Medical Definition of Dural

1. Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dural

dura mater of spinal cord
dura mater spinalis
durabilities
durability
durable
durable-press fabric
durable good
durable goods
durable medical equipment
durable press
durableness
durablenesses
durables
durably
duraencephalosynangiosis
dural (current term)
dural venous sinuses
durals
duralumin
duralumins
duramatral
duramen
duramens
durance
durance vile
durances
durancy
durangite

Literary usage of Dural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"... Mental Disease An A'n;rican Monthly Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, Founded in Original articles TWO CASES OF REMOVAL OF EXTRA-dural TUMOR OF THE ..."

2. Manual of Diseases of the Ear: Including Those of the Nose and Throat in by Thomas Barr (1901)
"Extra-dural Abscess. In external pachy-meningitis a collection of pus often takes place ... In these situations purulent collections are termed extra-dural ..."

3. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"dural ENDOTHELIUM The dural endothelium lines the cavity between the dura and ... The chief importance of the dural endothelium lies in the fact that the ..."

4. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"dural ENDOTHELIUM The dural endothelium lines the cavity between the dura and ... The chief importance of the dural endothelium lies in the fact that the ..."

5. Essentials of the Diseases of the Ear: Arranged in the Form of Questions and by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1902)
"What is sub-dural or extra-dural abscess ? Sub-dural abscess is a collection of pus between the dura mater and the bone. The most usual sites of sub-dural ..."

6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1875)
"ON A LARGE ORGANISED CYST IN THE SUB-dural SPACE. BY JC EWART, MB, late Junior Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, and now Curator of ..."

7. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"X-ray six months after laminectomy for intra- dural tumor of spinal cord. is a sudden escape of a large amount of cerebrospinal fluid. ..."

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