Medical Dictionary

perichondral

adj peri·chon·dral \ˌper-ə-ˈkän-drəl\

Medical Definition of PERICHONDRAL

:  relating to, formed by, or being ossification that occurs peripherally beneath the perichondrium of a cartilage—compare endochondral, intramembranous 1

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