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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

periprosthetic en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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: