pia mater
English edit
Etymology edit
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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