extradural

1. 1.

   on or outside the dura mater

   Synonymsepidural

Questions about extradural

What does extradural mean?

extradural means "on or outside the dura mater".

How many syllables are in extradural?

extradural has 4 syllables: ex-tra-du-ral. The stress falls on "tra".

What is another word for extradural?

Close synonyms include epidural. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extradural a common word?

extradural is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.