Standard Lemma guide

subdural

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /sʌbˈdjʊə.ɹəl/
  • General-American: /ˌsʌbˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/
  • General-American: /ˈsʌbˌd(j)ʊɹ.əl/
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of subdural hematoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dura English -al English dural English subdural From sub- + dural.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: subdural — located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬腦膜下 /硬脑膜下 (yìngnǎomóxià) — located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater
  • Czech: subdurální — located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater
  • French: sous-dural — located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater
  • Spanish: subdural — located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater