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perichondrial

perichondrial

1 9.9
Soft tissue around cartilage that covers parts like the ear or nose
  • adjective
  • /ˌpɛrɪˈkɒndriəl/
  • Specialized
: pericondrial
  • The surgeon carefully examined the perichondrial layer surrounding the cartilage in the patient's ear.

Examples

  • The sinus plate was thin and eroded; once lifted with a perichondrial elevator, frank pus was seen (perisinus abscess).

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  • n3 Stucker and Sanders later reported their experience in using this flap to close auricular bowl defects after the harvesting of perichondrial cutaneous grafts.

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  • After the injury, the perichondrial tissue was inflamed, affecting the cartilage's ability to heal.

  • During the procedure, the doctor noted that the perichondrial region was critical for cartilage repair.

Surface Forms

perichondrial positive

Morphology

perichondrial = perichondrium (opaque) = peri + chondr + ial

The term is built from medical combining forms (peri- + chondr- + -ial) that are unlikely to be known to a typical B1 learner, so the meaning is not reliably guessable from the parts.

Etymology

Perichondrial breaks into peri- 'around', chondr- 'cartilage', and -ial which makes it an adjective, and you can think of peri- as in perimeter meaning 'around'. So perichondrial means 'around the cartilage'.