tunica media

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica (“tunic”) + media (“middle”)

Noun

tunica media (plural tunicae mediae)

  1. (anatomy) The middle layer of a blood vessel, located between the tunica intima and tunica externa.
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