Meanings
- not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the periosteum.
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Macroscopically recognizable skeletal changes, such as diffuse periosteal reaction linked to the body’s generalized response to inflammation or infection, or dental conditions such as enamel hypoplasia, linked to childhood dental development disruption, provided essential information about responses to stressors within individuals or populations, regardless of whether the stress could be identified.
2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 2–3
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Italian periostale
- periostalepertaining to the periosteum
Romanian periosteal
- periostealpertaining to the periosteum
Russian надко́стничный
- надко́стничный (nadkóstničnyj)pertaining to the periosteum
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periosteal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/periosteal
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