Definition of Periostea

1. periosteum [n] - See also: periosteum

Medical Definition of Periostea

1. Plural of periosteum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periostea

periophthalmic
periophthalmitis
perioplic
perioplic band
perioral
periorbit
periorbita
periorbital
periorbital membrane
periorificial
perioscope
perioscopes
periost
periostea (current term)
periosteal
periosteal bone
periosteal bud
periosteal chondroma
periosteal elevator
periosteal ganglion
periosteal graft
periosteal implantation
periosteal layer of dura mater
periosteal osteosarcoma
periosteal reaction patterns
periosteal reflex
periosteal sarcoma

Literary usage of Periostea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of surgery by Thomas Bryant (1873)
"periostea! osteo-sarcoma. Drawing 20, Guy's . Mu*. Kry'.s caso. ... They usually have a periostea! origin— periosteal sarcoma—and even in exaggerated ..."

2. Cellular pathology: As Based Upon Physiological and Pathological Histology by Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow, Franklin N. Chance (1860)
"Vertical section through the periosteum and periostea! surface of a parietal bone from a child. A. The proliferating layer of the periosteum with ..."

3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells (1860)
"In the third m experiments the periostea! covering was completely and at once separated from the bone, and immediately inserted under the skin of the ..."

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