juxtacortical
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editjuxtacortical (not comparable)
- (anatomy, medicine) Next to a cortex; thus:
- (anatomy, medicine) Abutting the cortical layer of bone, as with juxtacortical chondroma.
- (anatomy, medicine) Abutting the cerebral cortex (and thus involving subcortical U-fibers), as with juxtacortical white matter lesions in multiple sclerosis.
Synonyms
edit- (abutting the cortical layer of bone): periosteal