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tunica albuginea en · NOUN

Etymology

From Late Latin tunica albūginea (“white membrane”).

Meanings

1. Layer of connective tissue covering the testis.
   • The testis has a rich superficial plexus beneath the tunica albuginea. 1918, Henry Gray, Anatomy of the Human Body, page 687:
2. Layer of connective tissue covering the ovaries.
   • If the tunica albuginea of an ovary be divided with a scalpel, the stroma may then be readily torn asunder by pulling the edges of the incision apart ... 1867, Charles Delucena Meigs, Obstetrics: The Science and the Art, page 120:
3. Tough fibrous layer of connective tissue that surrounds the corpora cavernosa of the penis.
   • Scarring of the tunica albuginea results in a portion of the tunica that cannot stretch and expand as the cavernosal sinusoids. 2002, Carol B Benson, “Erectile Dysfunction”, in Imaging of the Scrotum & Penis, →ISBN, page 274:

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