dura-máter
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dūra māter [cerebrī] (literally “hard mother [of the brain]”), loan translation of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة (ʾumm ad-dimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain, matrix of the brain”).
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (anatomy) dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)
Related terms
- aracnoide
- pia-máter