Definition of "perineural" [perineural]

• Near a nerve or nerves (adjective)

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• "Other names include Morton's toe, interdigital neuritis, and interdigital perineural fibroma."
• "As it passes from the brain it receives sheaths from the three cerebral membranes, a perineural sheath from the pia mater, an intermediate sheath from the arachnoid, and an outer sheath from the dura mater, which is also connected with the periosteum as it passes through the optic foramen."
• "The innermost or perineural sheath sends a process around the arteria centralis retinæ into the interior of the nerve, and enters intimately into its structure."