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TUNICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
Synonyms:
adventitia; tunic; tunica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tunica" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunica"):
albuginea (whitish tunic)
Context examples:
A stretchable connective tissue membrane that is the outermost component of the tunica intima, delineating the border between the tunica media and the tunica intima.
(Internal Elastic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
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