periostealadj.
/ˌpɛrɪˈɒstɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpɛriˈɑstiəl/ Anatomy and Medicine.
Surrounding or occurring around a bone; of or relating to the periosteum.
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1782 Cloacina Triumphant 13 No hæmorrhage, or carious bone, Bad fever, fungous incarnation, Or periosteal inflammation.
1800 Med. Facts & Observ. 8 183 In the process of rising upwards to make their way through the gum, they lost their periosteal connexion with the alveolar processes.
1822 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) 433 These are the periosteal exostoses of Mr. Cooper.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 53 A periosteal swelling.
1911 Science 29 Sept. 413/1 The vascular canals in bone appeared first as the chance accompaniment of the periosteal development of bone.
1979 L. Shainberg Brain Surgeon (1980) vii. 173 Utilizing periosteal elevators, a full-thickness scalp flap was reflected.
1991 Antiquity 65 969/1 Periosteal lesions are osseous plaques that form on bone surfaces when agents such as blood or pus lift the connective tissue (periosteum) that covers the bone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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