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Where does “dura mater” come from?

dura mater (English) comes from Latin dūra māter, from Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة.

dura mater (English): The tough and inflexible outermost of the three...

Definitions

  1. The tough and inflexible outermost of the three...

Ancestry of “dura mater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindūra māter—
2Arabicأُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة—
Every word from Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة →