periarticular
[ pĕr′ē-är-tĭk′yə-lər ]
adj.
Surrounding a joint.
Nearby words
- periarterial plexus,
- periarterial sympathectomy,
- periarteritis,
- periarteritis nodosa,
- periarthritis,
- periarticular abscess,
- periastron,
- periaxillary,
- periblem,
- peribonca
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Examples from the Web for periarticular
Exostoses, articular and periarticular, occur and the carpus usually becomes a large immobile articulation.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor LacroixThe periarticular tissues usually are more involved than in subacute or even chronic primary articular rheumatism.
He considers ringbone as articular, periarticular, rachitic and traumatic.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor LacroixIn most instances, however, where swelling of the joints is diagnosed, the lesion is periarticular.
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess