INTIMA (intimae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: intimae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does intima mean? 

• INTIMA (noun)
  The noun INTIMA has 1 sense:

1. the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel)

  Familiarity information: INTIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("intima" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Derivation:

intimal (of or relating to the intima)

 Context examples 

Inflammation of the tunica intima of an artery.

(Endarteritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A stretchable connective tissue membrane that is the outermost component of the tunica intima, delineating the border between the tunica media and the tunica intima.

(Internal Elastic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

Large vessels contain three layers of tissue, the tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica adventitia.

(Blood Vessel Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)