Definition of Subdural

1. Adjective. Below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges.

Partainyms: Dura Mater

Definition of Subdural

1. a. Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.

Definition of Subdural

1. Adjective. (anatomy) located beneath the dura mater and above the meninges ¹

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Definition of Subdural

1. situated under the dura mater [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subdural

subdue
subdued
subduedly
subduedness
subduement
subduements
subduer
subduers
subdues
subduest
subdueth
subduing
subdulcid
subduple
subduplicate
subdural (current term)
subdural hematoma
subdurally
subdwarf
subdwarfs
subdynamics
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subechoes
subeconomies
subeconomy
subedar
subedars
subedarship
subedarships
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Literary usage of Subdural

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

1. Brain Abscess: Its Surgical Pathology and Operative Technic by Wells Phillips Eagleton (1922)
"There is clinical evidence that subdural adjacent abscesses are more common in ... The subdural space apparently possesses great resistance to infection, ..."

2. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"The subdural space, on the other hand, permits of extensive haemorrhage, on one or both sides of the falx cerebri. The operative measures may therefore be ..."

3. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1909)
"Ed.] of whom 57 died and 50 recovered. TRAUMATIC subdural HEMATOMA. A case of traumatic subdural hematoma trephined 3 months after injury is reported by GH ..."

4. Some Points in the Surgery of the Brain and Its Membranes by Charles Alfred Ballance (1908)
"... physiological, and physical considerations—The sub- dural and sub-arachnoid spaces—The cerebro-spinal fluid— subdural hemorrhage in adults and infants ..."

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