See Also: dura(dictionary)
dura(medicine)
Dura(health)
dura mater(dictionary)
dura mater(medicine)
lamina dura(medicine)
Dura mater(health)
pietra dura(dictionary)
Dura-Europus(encyclopedia)
dura mater encephali(medicine)

Dura (health)


The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. Dura is short for dura mater (from the Latin for hard mother). Also called the pachymeninx (singular) or pachymeniges (plural).