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adventitia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
ad-ven-ti-tia
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Latin adventitius (“extraneous”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

adventitias (plural)

Derived Forms

adventicectomy adventitial

Phrases

adventitia bona tunica adventitia

Frequently Paired Words

adventitia bona adventitious tunica adventitia

Synonyms

tunic tunica

Questions

What does adventitia mean?
The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
Where does adventitia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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