Definition of Periosteal

1. a. Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.

Definition of Periosteal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the periosteum ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Periosteal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Periosteal

1. Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periosteal

periophthalmitis
perioplic
perioplic band
perioral
periorbit
periorbita
periorbital
periorbital membrane
periorificial
perioscope
perioscopes
periost
periostea
periosteal (current term)
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
periosteally

Literary usage of Periosteal

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

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The method is of very little clinical value and may be omitted by the beginner. (e) Testing the periosteal Sense The so-called periosteal sense or sense of ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"It appeared, then, that there were two predisposing causes to the same form of chronic periosteal rheumatism, the impregnation of the system by mercury, ..."

3. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"(B) When Cut from Within by Transfixion;—No freeing or retraction is necessary, until ready to make the musculo-periosteal covering. ..."

4. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"Cartilaginous growths are uncommon, and occur in early life, and as already stated are periosteal and endosteal. A fine example of the latter can be seen in ..."

5. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"The periosteal lesions causing pain aro, as a. rule, inflammatory. If the inflammatory changes occur at the point of the insertions of muscles or tendons, ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Elevation of rib from periosteal bed from which it is separated by ... The intact rib was raised from its periosteal bed and the cut margins of the ..."

7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"... while the periosteal flaps were sutured together over the line of fracture Fig. 3.—The broken fragments brought into apposition and tlie tyre tightened ..."

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