Definition of Periost

1. a type of tough membrane [n -S]

Medical Definition of Periost

1. The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Round the bones; around + a bone: cf. L. Periosteon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periost

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

Literary usage of Periost

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

1. Medicinisch-chirurgische Rundschau (1869)
"... wenn der Knochen erkrankt und zur Transplantation ungeeignet, dafür aber das periost der genannten Knochen gesund ist und mit den es bedeckenden ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"It inserts in the periost under the epithelial coat. It retains these characters in all parts of the cochlea. Boettcher (1856, 29) wrote: ..."

3. Lehrbuch Der Speciellen Pathologie und Therapie Der Inneren Krankheiten: Für by Adolf von Strümpell (1900)
"Indern die tubérculos-entzündliche Neubildung auf das periost übergreift, ... sit/en und das periost weit in den ..."

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