transmural

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adjective

beyond a city wall

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivetransmural (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebeyond a city wall
  2. not comparableanatomypassing through the wall of an organ or any other bodily structure
    1 more example

    However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

    2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Englishmural
  10. Englishtransmural

From trans- + mural.

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APA

transmural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmural

MLA

“transmural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmural. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmural.

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