Meanings
adjectiveperiprosthetic (not comparable)
- not comparableAround the area of a prosthetic.
In our patients, 7 periprosthetic fractures were treated with locking compression plates, and all patients achieved union.
2015 May 10, Youngwoo Kim et al., “Treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures after femoral revision using a long stem”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI
Origin
From peri- + prosthetic. By surface analysis, peri- + prosth- + -etic.
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periprosthetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/periprosthetic
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Chicago
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