periadventitial

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English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ adventitial.

Adjective

periadventitial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Surrounding the adventitia.
    • 2013, Klaus Joachim Zülch, Brain Tumors: Their Biology and Pathology, page 53:
      We have made diagnoses of medulloblastomas, astrocytomas, glioblastomatous or sarcomatous tumors, periadventitial and meningeal sarcomatoses, meningiomas, and a chromophobe adenoma.