Meaning
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
Etymology
Origin: Latin
Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Antonyms
tenuis
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 5 recorded puzzles: