1. Literally, hard mother; the outer membrane of the brain, lining the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal, called hard because harder than the pia mater, or membrane underneath, and mother, as, along with the pia mater, either protecting the brain or supposed to produce the other membranes.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• sura mater,
• xura mater,
• cura mater,
• fura mater,
• rura mater,
• eura mater,
• dyra mater,
• dhra mater,
• djra mater,
• dira mater,
• d8ra mater,
• d7ra mater,
• duea mater,
• duda mater,
• dufa mater,
• duta mater,
• du5a mater,
• du4a mater,
• durz mater,
• durs mater

The adjective form of "Dura Mater" is "dural".

The plural form of "Dura Mater" is "Dura Maters".

The singular form of the word "Dura Mater" is "Dura Mater". It is already in its singular form.