noun. In anatomy, a name (properly tunica albuginea) applied to several membranes: To the fibrous covering of the testis beneath the tunica vaginalis (sheathing membrane);

noun. to the similar fibrous covering of the ovary beneath the peritoneum;

noun. to the sclerotic or white of the eye.

noun. A layer of white, fibrous tissue.

noun. whitish tunic

"Well, she is a little under-exposed to public opinion, what with her head firmly lodged somewhere between every other woman's internal os and tunica albuginea."

adventitia  tunic  tunica  

sclera  sclerotic coat  tunica albuginea testes  

cavernosum  conjunctiva  pellis  testis  vaginalis