Relating or pertaining to the circumference; situated in the circumference; surrounding.

Indirect; circuitous.

adjective. Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

adjective. of or pertaining to a circumference

adjective. circuitous, indirect or roundabout

adjective. lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts

"Again, other lamellæ, found on the surface of the bone, are arranged parallel to its circumference; they are termed circumferential, or by some authors primary or fundamental lamellæ, to distinguish them from those laid down around the axes of the Haversian canals, which are then termed secondary or special lamellæ."

circumferential cartilage  

peripheral  

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ambient  circling  circuitous  circumambient  circumflex