ostially

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adverb

Within an orifice or ostium

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Meanings

adverbostially (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithin an orifice or ostium

    Lesions in which ISR developed were also longer and more frequently located ostially, and the procedure itself was more frequently complicated by dissection.

    2016 March 2, “The Relationships between Polymorphisms in Genes Encoding the Growth Factors TGF-β1, PDGFB, EGF, bFGF and VEGF-A and the Restenosis Process in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease Treated with Bare Metal Stent”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ostial + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

loyalist
Cite this entry
APA

ostially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostially

MLA

“ostially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostially. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ostially,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostially.

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