Definition of Extradural

1. Adjective. On or outside the dura mater.

Exact synonyms: Epidural
Partainyms: Dura Mater, Dura Mater

Definition of Extradural

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Outside of the dura mater ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Extradural

1. External (outside) to the dura mater. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extradural

extracurriculars
extracystic
extracytoplasmic
extradictionary
extradimensional
extraditable
extradite
extradited
extradites
extraditing
extradition
extraditions
extrados
extradoses
extradotal
extradural (current term)
extradural anaesthesia
extradural haematorrhachis
extradural haemorrhage
extraembryonic
extraembryonic blastoderm
extraembryonic celom
extraembryonic ectoderm
extraembryonic membrane
extraembryonic mesoderm
extraepiphysial
extrafamilial
extrafloral
extrafoliaceous

Literary usage of Extradural

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

1. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"According to Politzer, extradural abscess occurs more frequently in acute than ... The cause of an extradural abscess is the extension of infection from the ..."

2. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"extradural abscesses spreading between the bone and the dura always occur in ... The cases in which pachymeningitis or extradural abscesses develop in the ..."

3. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"The term extradural, or epidural, abscess is applied to any circumscribed collection ... extradural abscess occurs with far greater frequency in acute mas- ..."

4. 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 (1915)
"At the level of the eighth thoracic vertebra there was found a grayish, rather firm, extradural tumor attached to the left side of the vertebra, ..."

5. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"REINHARD: (1) extradural abscesses discovered at time of operation associated with ... Operations (2) revealed extradural abscess and frontal sinus abscess. ..."

6. The Surgery of the Ear by Samuel Joseph Kopetzky (1908)
"Involvement—Surgery of extradural Abscess and ... Inflammation of the Exterior of the Dura—(Historical)— Surgical Signs of extradural Abscess—Indications ..."

7. Diseases of the Ear by Hunter Finlay Tod (1907)
"3. Backwards, through the mastoid cells, giving rise to an extradural abscess, lateral sinus thrombosis, or cerebellar abscess. ..."

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