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endoneurium

/ ˌɛndəʊˈnjʊərɪəm /

noun

  1. the delicate connective tissue surrounding nerve fibres within a bundle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of endoneurium1

New Latin, from endo- + neuro- + -ium
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Example Sentences

The nerve fibres there figured are bound together by endoneurium into small ropes, the nerves, encased in perineurium.

The nerve fibres, although mechanically displaced and dissociated by the overgrown endoneurium, undergo no structural change except when compressed in passing through a bony canal.

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