periarticular
(pĕr′ē-är-tĭk′yə-lər)- Surrounding a joint.
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He considers ringbone as articular, periarticular, rachitic and traumatic.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
The periarticular tissues usually are more involved than in subacute or even chronic primary articular rheumatism.
In most instances, however, where swelling of the joints is diagnosed, the lesion is periarticular.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
Exostoses, articular and periarticular, occur and the carpus usually becomes a large immobile articulation.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix