adventitia

English

Etymology

From the Latin adventitius (“extraneous”).

Noun

adventitia (countable and uncountable, plural adventitias)

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

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Latin

Adjective

adventītia

  1. inflection of adventītius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

adventītiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of adventītius
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