PIA MATER


Meaning of PIA MATER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-ə-ˌmā-tər, ˈpē-ə-ˌmä- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, tender mother

Date: 14th century

: the thin vascular membrane that invests the brain and spinal cord internal to the arachnoid and dura mater

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