tunica externa

[ ĭk-stûr′nə ]

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The outer of two or more enveloping layers of any structure, especially the fibroelastic coat of a blood or lymph vessel.

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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.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
From them the tunic of the knight was called tunica angust clv (or angusticlvia), and that of the senator lt clv (or lticlvia).
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Under this official tunic the knight or senator wore usually a plain tunica interior.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Part of the stroma eventually forms a layer close below the surface, which becomes in the adult the tunica albuginea.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour

A very slight watery effusion between the Pia Mater and Tunica arachnoidea.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering