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- English Word Peristoma Definition Same as Peristome.
- English Word Peristomata Definition of Peristoma
- English Word Peristome Definition The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
- English Word Peristome Definition The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
- English Word Peristome Definition The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
- English Word Peristomial Definition Of or pertaining to a peristome.
- English Word Peristomium Definition Same as Peristome.
- English Word Peristrephic Definition Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).
- English Word Peristyle Definition A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
- English Word Perisystole Definition The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
- English Word Perite Definition Skilled.
- English Word Perithecium Definition An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
- English Word Peritomous Definition Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis.
- English Word Peritonaeum Definition Same as Peritoneum.
- English Word Peritoneal Definition Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.
- English Word Peritoneum Definition The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac.
- English Word Peritonitis Definition Inflammation of the peritoneum.
- English Word Peritracheal Definition Surrounding the tracheae.
- English Word Peritreme Definition That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
- English Word Peritreme Definition The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.