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Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin dūra māter [cerebrī] (literally “hard mother ”), loan translation of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة (ʔumm ad-dimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain”, “matrix of the brain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdu.ra ˈma.dre/
- Hyphenation: dù‧ra‧mà‧dre
Noun
dura madre f (plural dure madri)
- (anatomy) dura mater
- Synonym: pachimeninge