adjective
- relating to or forming the adventitia, the outermost layer of an organ or blood vessel
Usage: medical; anatomical
Examples
- The adventitial layer of the artery was examined for signs of inflammation.
- Adventitial fibroblasts play a role in vascular remodeling.
- The surgeon carefully dissected through the adventitial tissue.
- Adventitial thickening was observed in the microscopic analysis.
- The pathologist noted changes in the adventitial structure of the blood vessel.