Definition of Intimal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the intima.

Partainyms: Intima
Derivative terms: Intima

Definition of Intimal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an intima ¹

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Definition of Intimal

1. intima [adj] - See also: intima

Medical Definition of Intimal

1. Relating to the intima or inner coat of a vessel. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intimal

intice
inticed
intices
inticing
intifada
intifadah
intifadahs
intifadas
intifadeh
intifadehs
intil
intima
intimacies
intimae
intimal (current term)
intimas
intimate apparel
intimate with
intimated
intimately
intimateness
intimatenesses
intimater
intimaters
intimates
intimatest
intimating
intimation

Literary usage of Intimal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"The intimal hyperplasia he regards as an adaptive reaction, ... Histological observation shows that intimal hyperplasia not only does not stop at this stage ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Lymphatic System by Florence Rena Sabin (1913)
"These spaces they called " extra-intimal" lymphatics. As far as the jugular lymphatic sacs were concerned they subsequently abandoned this idea, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The degree of aortic intimal hyperplasia and cell labeling varied among ... intimal hyperplasia, as measured by the parameters of thickness and total number ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Diffuse intimal thickening. (Fig. i) A process in which the intima is thickened uniformly by fibrous tissue derived either from its fibrous subendothelial ..."

5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1907)
"A number of workers have produced proliferative intimal lesions in the aorta by the injection of certain bacteria and their toxins, or lesions of a purely ..."

6. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1904)
"In regard to adventitial and intimal sclerosis, I have met with many cases in which it could be legitimately inferred that chronic adventitial and intimal ..."

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