dural
/ˈdjʊə.ɹəl/US/ˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/
dural adjective: relating to the dura mater.
Adjective
dural (not comparable)
- Relating to the dura mater.
Noun
IPA/ˈdjʊə.ɹæl/
dural (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Dural
Dural
- A suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area and the Hornsby council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms of dural
Origin of dural
From dura + -al.
Clipping of duralumin.
Words formed from dural
Phrases with dural
Words that rhyme with dural
- plural
- anural
- crural
- epidural
- epipleural
- extramural
- intramural
- jural
- mural
- neural
- pleural
- bronchopleural
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- caesural
- caricatural
- cesural
- commissural
- cynosural
- duoplural
- extradural
- extrapleural
- interpleural
- intradural
- intrapleural
- juxtapleural
- macrural
- myodural
- myoneural
- nomenclatural
- nonepidural
- nonneural
- nonrural
- peridural
- photomural
- postdural
- procural
- rural
- semirural
- sensorineural
- splanchnopleural
- sternopleural
- subdural
- subpleural
- superplural
- sural
- transdural
- transpleural
- Ural
- zygopleural
Questions about dural
- What does dural mean?
- Dural means relating to the dura mater.
- What part of speech is dural?
- Dural can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dural?
- Dural is pronounced /ˈdjʊə.ɹəl/ (UK).
Words near dural in the dictionary
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