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Meaning of "dura" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DURA

ˈdjʊərə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DURA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dura is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DURA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dura in the English dictionary

The definition of dura in the dictionary is the outermost and toughest of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord; short for dura mater.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DURA

allurer · assurer · Bonaventura · bravura · caesura · caricatura · cesura · curer · datura · endurer · insurer · jura · Madura · manurer · natura · ophiura · pandura · procurer · securer · surah

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DURA

dura mater · durability · durable · durable goods · durable press · durableness · durables · durably · dural · Duralumin · duraluminium · duramen · durance · Durango · durant · Durante · Duras · duration · durational

WORDS THAT END LIKE DURA

Angostura · aura · Buenaventura · Bujumbura · bura · Extremadura · Jayapura · Kamakura · Kura · laura · Mathura · Piura · pleura · purpura · shura · sura · tempura · Tripura · velatura · vettura

Synonyms and antonyms of dura in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dura» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DURA

Find out the translation of dura to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dura from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dura» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

硬脑膜
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

duramadre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dura
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ड्यूरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجافية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

твердая
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

dura
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dure
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dura
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Dura
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

硬膜
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

경질
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dura
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màng cứng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கால அளவு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दुरा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dura
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

dura
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

dura
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

тверда
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Dura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dura
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dura
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dura
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dura
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dura

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DURA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dura

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DURA»

Discover the use of dura in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dura and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious ...
This volume provides a reconstruction of the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos on the basis of archaeological remains, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this migrant community and their new residence.
Lucinda Dirven, 1999
2
Dura
The 10th anniversary edition of this classic of Asian America and experimental poetry features a Preface by Juliana Spahr and an Afterword by Stephen Hong Sohn.
Myung Mi Kim, 2008
3
Differential Diagnosis in Conventional Radiology
1 Enamel; 2 dentin; 3 pulp; 4 gum; 5 periodontal membrane; 6 lamina dura; 7 cement; 8 apical canal; 9 alveolar bone. Fig. 11.4 Paget's disease. Thickening and sclerosis of the mandible resulted in an apparent loss of the lamina dura around ...
Francis A. Burgener, Martti Kormano, 2011
4
Principles of Dental Imaging
LAMINA DURA (RADIOPAQUE) The lamina dura is the thin layer of compact alveolar bone that lines the tooth socket. The lamina dura forms a continuous white (radiopaque) line around the tooth root (Fig. 14-2). In reality, it is perforated by ...
Olaf E. Langland, Robert P. Langlais, John W. Preece, 2002
5
Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective
Called Europos by the Greeks and Dura by the Romans, the town probably was founded shortly after the death of Alexander the Great by one of his successors. By the end of the second century BCE, Dura-Europos was in the hands of the ...
Fred Kleiner, 2009
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Manual of Middle Ear Surgery
Fig 138 Perforation of an exposed dura during drilling with a small cutting burr placed incorrectly on the edge of the middle fossa dura plate. There is a cholestea- toma in the attic thine acoustic neuroma operations. This extended exposure ...
Mirko Tos, 1995
7
Terracotta Figurines and Plaques from Dura-Europos
III).16 Eight plaques and one mold with only the male figure have also been found at Dura (nos. 13-31; figs. 11-19), and three others show similar figures (nos . 31-34; figs. 30-31). At Palmyra also both components of the original plaque occur ...
Susan B. Downey, 2003
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Neuroscience for the Study of Communicative Disorders
Figure 2-42. Three meninges in relation to surfaces of brain, subarachnoid space , and sagittal sinus. Also shown are arachnoid villi (granulations) that drain CSF in sagittal sinus. Figure 2-43. Dura surrounding brain and locations of prominent  ...
Subhash Chandra Bhatnagar, 2002
9
Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before ...
As it now stands we have only one edifice we can confidently categorize as a pre -Constantinian domus ecclesiae, the church at Dura-Europos. Nevertheless, we will also include a discussion of alleged house churches, such as the Domus ...
Graydon F. Snyder, 2003
10
Epiduroscopy: Spinal Endoscopy
Cranially, the spinal dura mater is attached at the circumference of the foramen magnum and at the dorsal surfaces of the C2 and C3 vertebrae. In 43% of adults the dural sac terminates at the transition from S1 to S2, in 32 percent in the middle ...
Günter Schütze, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DURA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dura is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plymouth factory wins approval from paint giant
SHEET metal fabricator Dura Manufacturing has joined an exclusive group of companies by gaining the Service First accreditation from global ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
Elderly man knocked down by car in Dundee
The 69-year-old man suffered head injuries in the accident, which happened at the junction of Dura Street and Albert Street at around 6pm. «The Courier, Jul 15»
3
Rare and deadly, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease remains a bit of a …
By the 1980s, there had been alarming reports of CJD being inadvertently transmitted to human patients by grafts of dura mater, the tough outer ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
4
Cérvelo R5 Di2
Cérvelo worked closely with Spain's Rotor on BBright so it's no surprise to see the CNC'd 3D+ chainset here in place of Shimano's Dura-Ace to ... «BikeRadar.com, Jul 15»
5
Tour de France bikes 2015: Luke Rowe's Pinarello Dogma K8-S
Rowe's machine is equipped with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 electronic groupset, with the Japanese firm's miniature sprint sprinters providing ... «RoadCyclingUK, Jul 15»
6
City Plans to Do Own Trench Repair Work
The city's two-year contract with Dura Seal for the work expired June 1. The city sought bids in May and received one bid. N.B. West Contracting ... «The Missourian, Jul 15»
7
Compact Line Arrays for Installation
All transducers are housed in a birch plywood enclosure protected by a 12-step Dura-Coat LX finish. WorxAudio. The V5 is a two-way, high ... «MIX, Jul 15»
8
Admedus' CardioCel has long term potential for congenital heart …
It follows on its receiving successful initial results from a pre-clinical study of ADAPT treated tissue in the repair of dura mater, the outer ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
9
El documental de Ken Rosen "Cuba in Transition" inicia campaña …
El film dura 60 minutos y es un pintoresco retrato de la vida en Cuba, con íntimas conversaciones sobre el bloqueo comercial y la cambiante ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
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New Implant Raises Hopes of Restoring Movement to Paralyzed …
The professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and her colleagues created an electronic dura mater implant or ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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