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Definition of: pia mater
(pī′ə mā′tər) Anat.
The delicate inner vascular membrane that invests the brain and spinal cord: it is overlaid by the arachnoid and dura mater. [<Med. L, trans. of Arabic umm ragīgah a tender mother]
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