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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord..
One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.
Use pia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pia means (anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord..
Common synonyms include indian arrowroot, tacca pinnatifida, tacca leontopetaloides.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.
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