pia mater
English
Etymology
Medieval Latin, meaning "tender mother".
Noun
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, volume 101, number 3, 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.
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Translations
innermost of the meninges
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