intima
noun
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
intimal
-
a word derived from
intima.
Example Sentences
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The changes affected chiefly the intima, to less degree the media, and histologically were very much like human intimal disease.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
This is accompanied by hypertrophy of the intimal tissue.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Changes somewhat analogous to those found in the human aorta as the result of intimal proliferations, are produced in animals by the toxins of the typhoid bacillus and the Streptococcus pyogenes.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Again, one not infrequently encounters intimal nodosities when the underlying media appears of normal thickness.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
The carotids, however, were larger than normal and they showed typical intimal sclerosis with connective tissue thickening.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
