Periskeletal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Periskeletal is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Around the skeleton.
Meaning
(anatomy) Around the skeleton.
Example Sentences
Starting at approximately one month of age and continuing for the next two years, the scleral ossicles of SF elongate via unilateral periskeletal ossification and fuse to form a continuous bony ring that eventually covers 90% or more of the circumference of the eye, while the sclera of CF remain cartilaginous, stop growing, and eventually form a cyst around the degenerating eye.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include episkeletal, intraskeletal, perithoracic, hyposkeletal, epiperiosteal, peristernal.
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