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Medical Term

adventitia

also: tunica adventitia

1. the outer coat of the wall of a VEIN or ARTERY . It consists of loose connective tissue and networks of small blood vessels, which nourish the walls. 2. the outer covering of various other organs or parts.

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug adventitia