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subpial

subpial adjective: beneath the pia mater.

Adjective

subpial (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the pia mater
    • Thus purely intra-cortical or subpial cortical lesions were not assessed.2015 July 17, Ivan Bozin et al., “Magnetic Resonance Phase Alterations in Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Short and Long Disease Duration”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Origin of subpial

From sub- + pial.

Questions about subpial

What does subpial mean?
Subpial means beneath the pia mater.
What part of speech is subpial?
Subpial is an adjective.

Words near subpial in the dictionary

  1. subphylogeny
  2. subphylum
  3. subphylums
  4. subphysical
  5. subphysiological
  6. subpial
  7. subpially
  8. subpicogram
  9. subpicometer
  10. subpicomolar
  11. subpicosecond

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