perimodiolar

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ modiolar

Adjective

perimodiolar (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the modiolus
    • 2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear morphological variation using high-resolution cone beam CT”, in Acta Oto-Laryngologica‎, volume 135, →DOI:
      The distance between the electrode array contacts and the modiolus wall is an indicator in the case of free-fitting lateral wall electrodes that will predict the fields of excitation to the nearby neural tissue, as the free-fitting lateral wall electrodes are located far from the modiolus wall in contrast to perimodiolar electrodes [ 8 ].
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