Associations to the word «Dura»

Wiktionary

DURA, noun. (anatomy) The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord.
DURA MATER, noun. (anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges

Dictionary definition

DURA, noun. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats