n., pl., -neu·ri·a (-nʊr'ē-ə, -nyʊr'-).
The thick sheath of connective tissue surrounding a nerve trunk.
[New Latin : EPI- + Greek neuron, nerve, tendon; see neuron.]
epineurial ep'i·neu'ri·al adj.
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