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1. (n.) pia mater
the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML: lit., pious mother, erroneous trans. of Ar umm raqīqah tender mother)
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1. (noun) pia mater
the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
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1. pia mater
the delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord
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1. pia mater
The innermost layer of the three meninges covering the brain and spinal cord. It is the fine vascular membrane that lies under the ARACHNOID and the DURA MATER.
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