peristomaladj.1
/pɛrᵻˈstəʊml/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈstoʊm(ə)l/ Zoology.
Of or relating to the peristome of an invertebrate; surrounding the mouth, circumoral; = peristomial adj. 2.
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1848 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 138 181 The capsule..expands into the horny receptacle, within which the peristomal processes are contained.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 547 Peristomal gills of some Echinoidea.
1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. xvi. 313 The subœsophageal ganglia are the segmental ganglia of the peristomal segment.
1957 J. T. Randall in F. K. Sanders & H. K. Porte Mitochondria & Other Cytoplasmic Inclusions 187 This is also true of the peristomal structures known as membranellae.
2002 Isis 93 628 The sudden bursts of thrashing of peristomal cilia in many ciliates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
peristomaladj.2
/pɛrᵻˈstəʊml/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈstoʊm(ə)l/ Surgery.
Of or relating to the region around a surgical stoma.
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1937 Lancet 20 Nov. 1201/1 The peristomal gastritis that may follow gastro-enterostomy.
1960 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 34 85 Patients with ileostomy or colostomy who showed evidence of peristomal irritation were carefully observed.
1984 Ital. Jrnl. Surg. Sci. 14 207 Sixteen patients developed a peristomal hernia.
2002 Spine 27 1942 Surgical tracheostomy is burdened with relatively high incidence of peristomal infections.
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