| pericardotomy | Incision into the pericardium. Synonym: coleotomy, pericardotomy. Origin: pericardium + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pericarp | <plant biology> The wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary wall. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pericarpic | <botany> Of or pertaining to a pericarp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericellular | <anatomy> Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericemental | <dentistry> Pertaining to your gums. For example periodontal disease is gum disease. (08 Jan 1998) |
| pericemental abscess | An alveolar abscess located along the lateral root surface of a tooth. Synonym: pericemental abscess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericemental attachment | The tissues surrounding the cementum of the tooth, i.e., the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericementitis | An obsolete term for periodontitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericentral | Surrounding the centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericentral fibrosis | Fibrosis occurring around the central veins in the hepatic lobules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericentral scotoma | A scotoma that surrounds the fixation point more or less symmetrically. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericentric inversion | <cell biology, genetics> Chromosomal inversion in which the region that is inverted includes the kinetochore. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pericentrin | <protein> Conserved protein (200-220 kD) of the pericentriolar region involved in organisation of microtubules during meiosis and mitosis, concentration highest at metaphase, lowest at telophase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pericentriolar region | <cell biology> Rather amorphous region of electron dense material surrounding the centriole in animal cells: the major microtubule organising centre of the cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| perichaeth | <botany> The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete. See: Perichaetium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |