intima

1. 1.

   the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel)

   Broadermembrane

Other forms of intima

plural

intimae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intima

What does intima mean?

intima means "the innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel)".

How many syllables are in intima?

intima has 3 syllables: in-ti-ma. The stress falls on "in".

Is intima a common word?

intima is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.