periskeletal

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ skeletal

Adjective

periskeletal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Around the skeleton.
    • 2015 December 10, “Complex Evolutionary and Genetic Patterns Characterize the Loss of Scleral Ossification in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Starting at approximately one month of age and continuing for the next two years, the scleral ossicles of SF elongate via unilateral periskeletal ossification and fuse to form a continuous bony ring that eventually covers 90% or more of the circumference of the eye, while the sclera of CF remain cartilaginous, stop growing, and eventually form a cyst around the degenerating eye.
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