perineural

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adjective

Near a nerve or nerves

“a perineural injection”

OriginEnglish neural ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per- →
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Meanings

adjectiveperineural (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineNear a nerve or nerves

    a perineural injection

    1 more example

    The histological diagnosis of PC is currently restricted to lesions showing unequivocal extra-parathyroidal growth, as evidenced by perineural invasion, full thickness capsular invasion with growth into adjacent tissues, extratumoral vascular invasion, or metastasis.

    2015 September 8, Filomena Cetani et al., “A nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma misdiagnosed as a follicular thyroid nodule”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishneural
  5. Englishperineural

From peri- + neural.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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