dura-máter

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾaˈma.teɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.tɛɾ/

Noun

dura-máter f (plural dura-máteres)

1. (anatomy) dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)

Related terms

• aracnoide
• pia-máter