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periprosthetic

periprosthetic adjective: around the area of a prosthetic.

Adjective

periprosthetic (not comparable)

  1. Around 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 of periprosthetic

From peri- + prosthetic. By surface analysis, peri- + prosth- + -etic.

Questions about periprosthetic

What does periprosthetic mean?
Periprosthetic means around the area of a prosthetic.
What part of speech is periprosthetic?
Periprosthetic is an adjective.

Words near periprosthetic in the dictionary

  1. periproct
  2. periproctal
  3. periproctitis
  4. periprocts
  5. periprostatic
  6. periprosthetic
  7. peripsocid
  8. peripsocids
  9. peripter
  10. peripteral
  11. peripterals

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