periauricular

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ auricular

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

periauricular (not comparable)

1. (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^[1], 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 […]