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perineural

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: P ER2 IY1 N UH2 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Near a nerve or nerves

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • a perineural injection

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English neural English perineural From peri- + neural.