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English
Etymology
From peri- + auricular.
Pronunciation
Adjective
periauricular (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Around the ear.
2015 August 9, Mitsuhiko Nakahira, Naoko Saito, Masashi Sugasawa, “Extratemporal Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor of Facial Nerve with Coexistent Intratemporal Neurofibroma Mimicking Malignant Intratemporal Extension”, in Case Reports in Otolaryngology, volume 2015, →DOI:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated residual periauricular subcutaneous ill-defined lesions extending radially from the stylomastoid foramen and subsequent abnormal enhanced lesions in the intratemporal facial nerve from the stylomastoid foramen to the internal auditory canal […]