pia
- noun
- /ˈpiːə/
- Australian
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pia
- The pia is a delicate membrane that encases the brain and spinal cord, providing essential protection.
Examples
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And notice that the arachnoid cells have extensions that go right down and attached to the pia, OK?
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If s/he says pia, the participant must say the name of the person on her/his right.
Academic text (2011) -
Her mom's my pia no teacher.
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That they had a 'pia tonic' relationship.
Fiction book (1992) -
no Pia
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In return, the recipients were expected to give generously to Resta's charitable trust, which he termed his opera pia.
Academic text (1997) -
In this letter, Resta spoke of the opera pia of the Chiesa Nuova, to which various fathers were making contributions.
Academic text (1997) -
The membranes surrounding the cord are the dura mater, the arachnoid layer, and the pia mater.
Academic text (2005) -
And when the day was ending, the Salve Regina in the candle-lit church, the leading townfolk dutifully present, gave back the day to God through the hands of her who was the clemens, the pia, the dulcis Virgo Maria.
Academic text (2006) -
During surgery, the doctor carefully removed the pia to access the underlying neural tissue.
Synonyms
A tropical plant grown for its large edible root used to make arrowroot starch
A plant that grows for many years with a large edible root used to make arrowroot starch
A tropical plant grown for its large starchy root used for flour
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pia comes from local languages of the East Indies, Polynesia, and Australia and was the name people used for a plant with a large edible root. That root was used to make arrowroot starch, so pia still means the plant and its 'edible root' used for food.
