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PIA MATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pia mater mean?
• PIA MATER (noun)
The noun PIA MATER has 1 sense:
1. the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
Familiarity information: PIA MATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("pia mater" is a kind of...):
meninges; meninx (a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord)
Holonyms ("pia mater" is a part of...):
leptomeninges (the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers)
Context examples
The space between a blood vessel and the pia mater.
(Perivascular Space, NCI Thesaurus)
It is separated from the pia mater by the subarachnoid space.
(Arachnoid Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
The two innermost layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater.
(Leptomeninges, NCI Thesaurus)
A delicate fibrous membrane interposed between the dura mater and the pia mater of the brain and spinal cord.
(Arachnoid Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
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