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perimarginal

perimarginal adjective: around a margin.

Adjective

perimarginal (not comparable)

  1. Around a margin.
    • Eccrine hidrocystoma, in contrast, are usually small (1–3 mm), located exclusively in the periorbital and lateral canthal area and they are absent at either the upper or lower eyelid margins or in the perimarginal skin, but may be rarely present in the dermis typically at the mid-level of the upper...2015 January 13, Lucieni B. Ferraz et al., “Three Adult Cases of Orbital Hidrocystoma Presenting with Blepharoptosis”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 4, →DOI

Origin of perimarginal

From peri- + marginal.

Questions about perimarginal

What does perimarginal mean?
Perimarginal means around a margin.
What part of speech is perimarginal?
Perimarginal is an adjective.

Words near perimarginal in the dictionary

  1. perimalleolar
  2. perimammary
  3. perimammillar
  4. perimammillary
  5. perimandibular
  6. perimarginal
  7. perimatrices
  8. perimatrix
  9. perimaximal
  10. perimedullar
  11. perimedullary

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