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INTIMA
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Irregular inflected form: intimae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("intima" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Derivation:
intimal (of or relating to the intima)
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