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tunica
[ too-ni-kuh, tyoo- ]
noun
, Anatomy, Zoology, Botany.
, plural tu·ni·cae [too, -ni-see, tyoo, -].
- a tunic.
tunica
/ ˈtjuːnɪkə /
noun
- anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tunica1
< New Latin, special use of Latin tunica tunic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tunica1
C17: from Latin tunica tunic
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Example Sentences
For the sake of the omen she put on before going to sleep the tunica rcta, or rgilla, woven in one piece and falling to the feet.
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From them the tunic of the knight was called tunica angust clv (or angusticlvia), and that of the senator lt clv (or lticlvia).
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Under this official tunic the knight or senator wore usually a plain tunica interior.
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Part of the stroma eventually forms a layer close below the surface, which becomes in the adult the tunica albuginea.
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A very slight watery effusion between the Pia Mater and Tunica arachnoidea.
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