Usually means: Outermost connective tissue covering organs.
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  1. adventitia: Merriam-Webster
  2. adventitia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adventitia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. adventitia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  16. adventitia: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adventitia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  7. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  8. Adventitia: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (adventitia)

▸ noun:  (anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.

Similar:
tunic, tunica, epithelium, epitendineum, endocardium, tegument, perimetrium, episclera, capsule, endotendineum, more...

Opposite:
intima

Types:
external, outer, superficial, more...

Phrases:
tunica adventitia, membrana adventitia, tunica adventitia vasorum, more...

Adjectives:
tunica, vascular, aortic, fibrous, thick, arterial, outer, thin, loose, ureteral, common

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Similar:
tunic, tunica, epithelium, epitendineum, endocardium, tegument, perimetrium, episclera, capsule, endotendineum, more...

Opposite:
intima

Types:
external, outer, superficial, more...

Phrases:
tunica adventitia, membrana adventitia, tunica adventitia vasorum, more...

Adjectives:
tunica, vascular, aortic, fibrous, thick, arterial, outer, thin, loose, ureteral, common



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