pia mater
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin pia māter (literally “tender mother”).
Noun
[edit]pia mater (plural pia maters)
- (anatomy) The innermost of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2013, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
Translations
[edit]innermost of the meninges
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