Etymology

periendosteal

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Today it means: Surrounding the endosteum Full definition →

English endosteal ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishendosteal
  5. English todayperiendosteal

From peri- + endosteal.

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