tunica

[ too-ni-kuh, tyoo- ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology, Botany.

, plural tu·ni·cae [too, -ni-see, tyoo, -].

1. a tunic.

tunica

/ ˈtjuːnɪkə /

noun

1. anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tunica¹

< New Latin, special use of Latin tunica tunic

Word History and Origins

Origin of tunica¹

C17: from Latin tunica tunic

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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