Meanings
adjectiveextraanatomical (not comparable)
alternative extraanatomic · alternative extra-anatomic · alternative extra-anatomical
- not comparableNot relating to normal anatomy or not following a normal anatomical path
Healing of a bony avulsion of the meniscal root in an extraanatomical position may possibly lead to a lengthening of the physiological circumference resulting in a moderate insufficiency.
2015 July 26, Georg Mattiassich et al., “Magnetic resonance evaluation in long term follow up of operated lateral tibial plateau fractures”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
- Latinanatomia
- Frenchanatomie
- Frenchanatomique
- Latinanatomicus
- Englishanatomic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishanatomical
- Englishextraanatomical
From extra- + anatomical.
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APA
extraanatomical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraanatomical
MLA
“extraanatomical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraanatomical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraanatomical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraanatomical.
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