Adventitia Definition
ădvĕn-tĭshə, -vən-
noun
The outer covering of an organ, as of an artery: it is made up chiefly of connective tissue.
Webster's New World
The membranous outer covering of an organ or a blood vessel.
American Heritage Medicine
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
Wiktionary
Origin of Adventitia
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New Latin from Latin adventīcius foreign adventitious
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Latin adventitius (“extraneous”).
From Wiktionary
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