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noun
The innermost of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: meninx, meninges
History
From Medieval Latin pia māter (literally “tender mother”).
Across languages
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