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 the meninges

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

  • That could result in what we call the subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009 2009

  • That could result in what we call the subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding underneath the skull.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009 2009

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2009 2009

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2004 2004

  • 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

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2007 2007

  • What it sounds like, Bill, was that it was something known as a subdural hematoma, a blood clot underneath the surface of the brain.

    CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2002 2002

  • 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.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • 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.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • 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.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

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