Meaning of PIA | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord.
2. Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides), whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot starch.
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3. A female given name from Latin.
4. A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
5. Initialism of Proto-Indo-Aryan.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Initialism of porcine intestinal adenomatosis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. Initialism of personal injury accident.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. A surname
9. Initialism of pain in the ass.
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
10. Initialism of penis in anus.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
11. Initialism of privacy impact assessment.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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Examples

“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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