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Subdural

Subdural \Sub*du"ral\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.

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subdural

a. (context anatomy English) located beneath the dura mater and above the meninges

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subdural

adj. below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges

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Usage examples of "subdural".

Their lips moved, forming words, like bubbles, that floated off-- subdural hematoma, edema, intracerebral hemorrhage, lesions, seizures, coma.

There were subdural hematomas, bleeding over the brain and into the chest cavity.

She had spent several hours in the operating theater here, opening up three sections of the admiral’s skull in order for her to remove the subdural hematomata that had been caused by the blunt force to his head.

Sanger was describing a large left subdural hematoma, and pointing out to the students how the blood clot had pushed the brain over to the right.

Smith has suffered a very grave subdural hematoma, which is localized cranial bleeding.

We really do feel that she needs to have a thorough workup for cervical fracture, and for subdural hematoma, and she needs a pelvic fracture workup as well.

Said plaintiff did suffer severe bruising to the lower back and hip, two ruptured disks at the 14th and 15th vertebrae, a class-one subdural hematoma, gross swelling of the testicles and concomitant edema.

This could be in the form of a subdural hematoma, a bleeding which gradually creates enough pressure inside the brain to suppress the vital functions.

Knowledgeable in head trauma, she had been called in to aid in the diagnosis, had confirmed the signs of subdural hematoma in a seventeen-year-old Arab soldier.

As I remember, Benny had a subdural hematoma, and his death was the result of an arterial bleed.