See Also: pia mater(medicine)
mater(dictionary)
pia mater(dictionary)
mater(dictionary)
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Mater Hospital(health)
Mater Dei Hospital Tal(health)
Dura mater(health)
Mater fund(finance)
Alma Mater(dictionary)

mater (iou)



mater noun. L16.
[Latin, lit. 'mother'.]
The thickest plate of an astrolabe. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
Mother. Cf. PATER. Chiefly joc. & School slang. M19.
? Earlier in DURA MATER, PIA MATER. See also ALMA MATER.