mater
IPA: mˈɑtɝ
noun
- (Britain, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
- (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
- (biology) Someone or something that mates.
- Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”) [(Southern US, Appalachia, informal) Tomato.]
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Examples of "mater" in Sentences
- Mater said that they will love it.
- CSF is contained by the dura mater.
- For instance, there's the mater of references.
- The pia mater is the innermost protective layer.
- On the endoscope page the Mater is not mentioned.
- The dura mater is a sac that envelops the arachnoid mater.
- The raw material for Lyodura was the dura mater of a human cadaver.
- They are known as the dura mater, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater.
- The three membranes are the dura mater, the arachnoid and the pia mater.
- A thousand words could not transfigure the essence of Panama better than Gaugain did it in just one square mater of canvas.
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