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tunica

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tu·ni·ca  (tn-k, ty-)
n. pl. tu·ni·cae (-k, -s)
An enclosing membrane or layer of tissue.
[Latin, tunic; see tunic.]
tunica [ˈtjuːnɪkə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the outer layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the epidermis and cells beneath it Compare corpus [4]
[from Latin tunica tunic]
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Noun1.tunicatunica - an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
adventitia, tunic
tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
albuginea - whitish tunic


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My brief glance, in fact, had sufficed to assure me that the orbs which we had all supposed to be glass, and which were originally noticeable for a certain wild stare, were now so far covered by the lids, that only a small portion of the tunica albuginea remained visible.
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{15} [Greek] "The [Greek], or tunica, was a shirt or shift, and served as the chief under garment of the Greeks and Romans, whether men or women.
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