Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Surrounding a nerve or nerves.
  • Specifically, in insects, lying around the nerves. See peri-intestinal.

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  • adjective medicine Near a nerve or nerves

Etymologies

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peri- +‎ neural

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Examples

  • Other names include Morton's toe, interdigital neuritis, and interdigital perineural fibroma.

    Morton's Neuroma: A Librarian Looks at Consumer Health Reference Sources ricklibrarian 2006

  • Other names include Morton's toe, interdigital neuritis, and interdigital perineural fibroma.

    Archive 2006-03-01 ricklibrarian 2006

  • The innermost or perineural sheath sends a process around the arteria centralis retinæ into the interior of the nerve, and enters intimately into its structure.

    IX. Neurology. 5b. The Optic Nerve 1918

  • The absorption of the cerebrospinal fluid is a dual process, being chiefly a rapid drainage through the arachnoid villi into the great dural sinuses, and, in small part, a slow escape into the true lymphatic vessels, by way of an abundant but indirect perineural course.

    IX. Neurology. 4h. The Cerebrospinal Fluid 1918

  • As it passes from the brain it receives sheaths from the three cerebral membranes, a perineural sheath from the pia mater, an intermediate sheath from the arachnoid, and an outer sheath from the dura mater, which is also connected with the periosteum as it passes through the optic foramen.

    IX. Neurology. 5b. The Optic Nerve 1918

  • Prueitt RL, Yi M, Hudson RS, Wallace TA, Howe TM, et al. (2008) Expression of microRNAs and protein-coding genes associated with perineural invasion in prostate cancer.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Filip Simunovic et al. 2010

  • All cases presented perineural invasion, and one patient presented vascular invasion. c-kit positivity was found in all cases.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Kuauhyama Luna-Ortiz 2009

  • I've had two injections into my back - a perineural and an epidural.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • I've had two injections into my back - a perineural and an epidural.

    icCheshireOnline 2009

  • Vesalainen S, Lipponen P, Talja M, Syrjanen K. Histological grade, perineural infiltration, tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes and apoptosis as determinants of long-term prognosis in prostatic adenocarcinoma.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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