Etymology

tunica media

Today it means: The middle layer of a blood vessel, located between the tunica intima and tunica externa. Full definition →

Latin tunica
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromtunica“tunic”
  2. English todaytunica media

Borrowed from Latin tunica (“tunic”) + media (“middle”)

Words from the same roots

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