transmural

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ mural.

Adjective

transmural (not comparable)

1. beyond a city wall
2. (anatomy) passing through the wall of an organ or any other bodily structure
   • 2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:

     However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

Derived terms

• transmural care