Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Located or occurring beneath the dura mater.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated beneath the dura mater, between the dura mater and the arachnoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy located beneath the
dura mater and above themeninges
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges
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Examples
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That could result in what we call the subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull.
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That could result in what we call the subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull.
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That could result in what we call a subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull and that leads to a buildup of pressure.
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Interestingly, when he was thrown from a horse back in 1989, his wife noticed that he got a little dizzy one morning and he had a little bit of what they called a subdural hematoma.
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Symptoms of such brain bleeding, known as a subdural hematoma, may not be present until several weeks afterward.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Does a Head Injury Continue to Affect Cognitive Function? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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PERPER: Well, sometimes you can have a slow brain bleed, which is called subdural hemorrhage, which is gradual, and it depends on the rate of bleeding.
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What it sounds like, Bill, was that it was something known as a subdural hematoma, a blood clot underneath the surface of the brain.
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On the other hand, babies delivered by C-section were less likely to have one type of bleeding around the brain -- known as subdural hemorrhage.
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When the man sneezed, the violence of it, whether due to change in pressure or him throwing himself forward, resulted in something called a subdural hematoma.
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When the man sneezed, the violence of it, whether due to change in pressure or him throwing himself forward, resulted in something called a subdural hematoma.
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