duran.
1. Short for dura mater n.
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1882 B. G. Wilder & S. H. Gage Anat. Technol. Domest. Cat 447 Notwithstanding its feminine form, dura is frequently employed without the substantive mater.
1886 Med. News XLIX. 536 The dura was universally adherent on both hemispheres.
1891 F. P. Foster Illustr. Encycl. Med. Dict. III. 2166/2 L. dentatum..Its outer edge is serrated, the serrations being adherent to the inner surface of the spinal dura.
2. = duramen n.
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