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Coat or covering; one of the enveloping layers of a part, especially one of the coats of a blood vessel or other tubular structure. SEE ALSO: layer. SYN: tunica. [L. tunica]

- Bichat t. the tunica intima of the blood vessel s.

- Brücke t. SYN: tunica nervea.

- fibrous t. of corpus spongiosum SYN: tunica albuginea of corpus spongiosum.

- fibrous t. of eye SYN: fibrous layer of eyeball.

- mucosal tunics, mucous tunics SYN: mucosa.

- muscular tunics muscular layer.

- muscular t. of gallbladder SYN: muscular layer of gallbladder.

- nervous t. of eyeball SYN: inner layer of eyeball.

- serous t. SYN: serosa.

- vascular t. of eye SYN: vascular layer of eyeball.

tu·nic 't(y)ü-nik n an enclosing or covering membrane or tissue: TUNICA <the \tunics of the eye>