Periople to Perjure
Periople
(Per"i*o*ple) n. [F. périople, from Gr. about + the hoof of a horse.] (Anat.) The external smooth
horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
Perioplic
(Per`i*op"lic) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople.
Periosteal
(Per`i*os"te*al) a. (Anat.) Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.
Periosteum
(||Per`i*os"te*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. round the bones; around + a bone: cf. L. periosteon.] (Anat.)
The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
Periostitis
(||Per`i*os*ti"tis) n. [NL. See Periosteum, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the periosteum.
Periostracum
(||Per`i*os"tra*cum) n.; pl. Periostraca [NL., fr. Gr. around + shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.)
A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; — called also epidermis.
Periotic
(Per`i*o"tic) a. [Pref. peri- + Gr. the ear.] (Anat.) Surrounding, or pertaining to the region
surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule. — n. A periotic bone.
Peripatecian
(Per`i*pa*te"cian) n. A peripatetic. [Obs.]
Peripatetic
(Per`i*pa*tet"ic) a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. fr. to walk about; about + to walk: cf. F. péripatétique.]
1. Walking about; itinerant.
2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the
Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. "The true peripatetic school." Howell.
Peripatetic
(Per`i*pa*tet"ic), n.
1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler.
2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
Peripatetical
(Per`i*pa*tet"ic*al) a. Peripatetic. [R.] Hales.
Peripateticism
(Per`i*pa*tet"i*cism) n. [Cf. F. péripatétisme.] The doctrines or philosophical system of
the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev.
Peripatus
(||Pe*rip"a*tus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a walking about.] (Zoöl.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods,
found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.
Peripetalous
(Per`i*pet"al*ous) a. (Bot.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.
Peripheral
(Pe*riph"er*al) a.
1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
Peripheric
(Per`i*pher"ic Per`i*pher"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. périphérique. See Periphery.] See Peripheral.
Periphery
(Pe*riph"er*y) n.; pl. Peripheries [L. peripheria, Gr. around + to bear, carry: cf. F. périphérie.]
1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
