See Also: pia mater(medicine)
mater(dictionary)
pia mater(dictionary)
mater(dictionary)
mater(medicine)
Mater Hospital(health)
Mater Dei Hospital Tal(health)
Dura mater(health)
Mater fund(finance)
Alma Mater(dictionary)

pia mater (iou)



pia mater noun phr. LME.
[medieval Latin = tender mother, translating Arab. al-'umm ar-ra&kdbelow;i&kdbelow;a thin mother, tender mother: see DURA MATER.]
Anatomy. A delicate, fibrous, highly vascular membrane which forms the innermost of the three meninges enveloping the brain and spinal cord. Cf. PIA noun1.
pia-'matral adjective of or pertaining to the pia mater M19.