| perifollicular | Surrounding a hair follicle; usually used to describe the histopathologic appearance of the infiltrate surrounding a hair follicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| perifolliculitis | The presence of an inflammatory infiltrate surrounding hair follicles; frequently occurs in conjunction with folliculitis. Perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, a chronic dissecting folliculitis of the scalp. Synonym: dissecting cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perifuse | To flush a fresh supply of bathing fluid around all of the outside surfaces of a small piece of tissue immersed in it. Compare: perfuse, superfuse. Origin: peri-+ L. Fusio, a pouring (05 Mar 2000) |
| perifusion | The act of perifusing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periganglionic | <anatomy> Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| perigastric | <zoology> Surrounding the stomach; applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| perigastritis | Inflammation of the peritoneal coat of the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perigemmal | Synonym: circumgemmal. Origin: peri-+ L. Gemma, bud (05 Mar 2000) |
| perigenesis | <biology> A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| perigenetic | <biology> Of or pertaining to perigenesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| perigeum | <astronomy> That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Synonym: epigee, epigeum. Origin: NL. Perigeum, fr. Gr. About, near + the earth: cf. F. Perigee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| periglandulitis | Inflammation of the tissues surrounding a gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periglottic | Around the tongue, especially around the base of the tongue and the epiglottis, or around the glottis (laryngis), the rima glottidis. Origin: peri-+ G. Glossa or glotta, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| periglottis | The mucous membrane of the tongue. Origin: G. Periglottis, covering of the tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| perigone | 1. <botany> Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. 2. <zoology> A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid. Origin: Pref. Peri- + Gr. Productive organs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |