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Subdural

Definition: Subdural

Subdural

Adjective

1. Below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Subdural

English words defined with "subdural": Subvaginal. (references)
Specialty definitions using "subdural": Hematoma, SubduralIntracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic, Intracranial HemorrhagesPerimeningeal Infections, Pneumocephalus. (references)

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Modern Usage: Subdural

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This guy couldn't tell the difference between a migraine and a subdural hematoma! (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Subdural

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Brain abnormalities such as atrophy, subdural hematoma, and/or rupture or thrombosis of arteries in the brain may occur. (references)

These methods include sphenoidal leads, subdural and epidural electrodes and grids, and depth electrodes placed stereotaxically. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Subdural

"Subdural" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subdural" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Subdural

Expression using "subdural": Subdural Effusion. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Subdural

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

subdural hematoma

116

hygroma subdural

13

subdural

8

hemorrhage subdural

7

bilateral hematoma subdural

7

chronic subdural hematoma

6

empiema subdural

6

hemotoma subdural

6

animation subdural

4

cyst subdural

3

empyema subdural

2

hematomas subdural

2
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Modern Translation: Subdural

Language Translations for "subdural"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

subduralt haematom (subdural haematoma), subduralt hæmatom hos spædbørn (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), subduralt empyem (subdural empyema), subduralrum (subdural space), subdural blødning (subdural bleeding), subdural absces (subdural abscess), subakut subduralt hæmatom (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), pachymeningitis interna (subdural abscess), kronisk subduralt hæmatom (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), hygroma subdurale (subdural hygroma), hygroma durae matris (subdural hygroma), duralrumsreduktion (plastic reduction of subdural space), duralrumsdraenage (drainage of subdural space), akut subduralt hæmatom (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

subdurale hemorragie (subdural bleeding), subduraal hematoom van de pasgeborene (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), subduraal hematoom (subdural haematoma), subduraal empyema (subdural empyema), subduraal empyeem (subdural empyema), subduraal absces (subdural abscess), subacuut subduraal hematoom (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), subacuut subduraal haematoma (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), hygroma subdurale (subdural hygroma), chronisch subduraal hematoom (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), chronisch subduraal haematoma (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), cavum subdurale (subdural space), acuut subduraal hematoom (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma), acuut subduraal haematoma (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

subakuutti subduraalihematooma (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), puoliäkillinen kovakalvonalainen verenpurkauma (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), pitkäaikainen kovakalvonalainen verenpurkauma (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), kovakalvonalainen märkäkertymä (subdural empyema), imeväisen kovakalvonalainen verenpurkauma (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), haematoma subdurale subacutum (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), haematoma subdurale infantum (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), haematoma subdurale chronicum (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), haematoma subdurale acutum (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma), empyema subdurale (subdural empyema), äkillinen kovakalvonalainen verenpurkauma (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma). (various references)

   

French

  

résection du cul-de-sac dural (plastic reduction of subdural space), hygroma sous-dural (subdural hygroma), HSD (subdural haematoma), hémorragie sous-durale (subdural bleeding), hématome sous-dural subaigu (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), hématome sous-dural du nourrisson (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), hématome sous-dural chronique (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), hématome sous-dural aigu (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma), hématome sous-dural (subdural haematoma), espace sous-dural (subdural space), espace sous-arachnoïdien (subdural space), empyème sous-dural (subdural empyema), drainage du cul-de-sac dural (drainage of subdural space), abcès sous-dural (subdural abscess). (various references)

   

German

  

Subduralraum (subdural space), subdurales Hämatom (subdural haematoma), subduraler Abszess (subdural abscess), subdurale Blutung (subdural bleeding), Pachymeningitis interna (subdural abscess), Hygroma subdurale (subdural hygroma), Hygroma durae matris (subdural hygroma), Durasackverkleinerung (plastic reduction of subdural space), Durasackdraenage (drainage of subdural space), Cavum subdurale (subdural space). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ύγρωμα υπό την σκληρά μήνιγγα (subdural hygroma), υποσκληρίδια αιμορραγία (subdural bleeding), υποσκληρίδιος χώρος (subdural space), υποσκληρίδιο ύγρωμα (subdural hygroma), υποσκληρίδιο εμπύημα (subdural empyema), υποσκληρίδιο αιμάτωμα του βρέφους (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), υποσκληρίδιο αιμάτωμα (subdural haematoma), υποσκληρίδιο απόστημα (subdural abscess), υποξύ υποσκληρίδιο αιμάτωμα (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), χρόνιο υποσκληρίδιο αιμάτωμα (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), οξύ υποσκληρίδιο αιμάτωμα (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spazio subdurale (subdural space), igroma subdurale (subdural hygroma), idroma cistico (subdural hygroma), empiema subdurale (subdural abscess, subdural empyema), ematoma subdurale subacuto (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), ematoma subdurale del neonato (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), ematoma subdurale cronico (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), ematoma subdurale acuto (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma), ematoma subdurale (subdural haematoma), ematoma sottodurale (subdural haematoma), cavit subdurale (subdural space), ascesso subdurale (subdural abscess). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ubduralsay

   

Portuguese

  

higroma sub-dural (subdural hygroma), hemorragia subdural (subdural bleeding), hematoma subdural (subdural haematoma), espaço subdural (subdural space), abcesso subdural (subdural abscess). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

субдуральный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resección plástica de la cavidad subdural (plastic reduction of subdural space), higroma subdural (subdural hygroma), hemorragia subdural (subdural bleeding), hematoma subdural subagudo (subacute subdural haematoma, subacute subdural hematoma), hematoma subdural infantil (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), hematoma subdural del recién nacido (subdural haematoma of the newborn, subdural hematoma of the newborn), hematoma subdural crónico (chronic subdural haematoma, chronic subdural hematoma), hematoma subdural agudo (acute subdural haematoma, acute subdural hematoma), hematoma subdural (subdural haematoma), espacio subdural (subdural space), empiema subdural (subdural empyema), drenaje del espacio subdural (drainage of subdural space), cavidad aracnoidea (subdural space), absceso subdural (subdural abscess). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Subdural

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

empyema subdurale, haematoma subdurale acutum, haematoma subdurale chronicum, haematoma subdurale infantum, haematoma subdurale subacutum. (various references)

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Rhyming with "Subdural"

Words rhyming with "subdural" (pronounced 'Sub*du"ral'): Aboral, Antemural, Auroral, Bicrural, Binaural, Caesural, Cesural, Concho-spiral, Crural, Cynosural, Dural, Floral, Genitocrural, goral, gyral, intermural, intramural, jural, Macrural, Metachloral, Moneral, Multispiral, Mural, Musculospiral, Neural, Oral, Paucispiral, Pleural, Postoral, Precrural, Preoral, Pyral, Roral, rural, Semihoral, sororal, Subpleural, Supraloral, Sural, Ural. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Subdural

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-l-r-s-u-u"

-1 letter: subdual.

-2 letters: absurd, bursal.

-3 letters: balds, bards, bauds, blurs, brads, buras, burds, burls, bursa, darbs, daubs, drabs, drubs, duals, dural, duras, lards, lauds, luaus, rubus, slurb, sural, usual.

-4 letters: albs, arbs, auld, bads, bald, bals, bard, bars, baud, blur, brad, bras, buds, bura, burd, burl, burs, dabs, dals, darb, daub, drab, drub, dual, dubs.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-l-r-s-u-u"
 

+5 letters: submandibular.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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