| pericoronal | Around the crown of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pericoronal abscess | An abscess developing in the inflamed dental follicular tissue overlaying the crown of a partially erupted tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericoronal flap | A flap of gingiva covering an unerupted tooth, especially the lower third molar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericoronitis | Inflammation of the gingiva surrounding the crown of a tooth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pericorpuscular synapse | The synaptic junction of an axon terminal of one nerve cell to the cell body of another nerve cell. Synonym: pericorpuscular synapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericranial | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the pericranium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericranitis | Inflammation of the pericranium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericranium | <anatomy> The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericyazine | 10-[3-(4-Hydroxypiperidinyl)propyl]phenothiazine-2-carbonitrile;an antipsychotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericystic | 1. Surrounding the urinary bladder. 2. Surrounding the gallbladder. 3. Surrounding a cyst. Synonym: perivesical. Origin: peri-+ G. Kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericystitis | Inflammation of the tissues surrounding a bladder, especially the urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericystium | 1. The tissues surrounding the urinary bladder or gallbladder. 2. A vascular investment of a cystic tumour. Origin: peri-+ G. Kystis, bladder, cyst (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericyte | <pathology> Cell associated with the walls of small blood vessels: not a smooth muscle cell, nor an endothelial cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pericytial | <anatomy> Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericytic venules | The microvasculature immediately following the capillaries, ranging in size from 10 to 50 um, and characterised by investment of pericytes; they are the site of extravasation of blood cells, are particularly sensitive to histamine, and are believed to be important in blood-interstitial fluid exchanges. Synonym: pericytic venules. (05 Mar 2000) |