PIA MATER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

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