periphericadj.
/ˌpɛrᵻˈfɛrɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈfɪrɪk/ = peripheral adj.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific
rightOE
lefta1200
lowera1400
furtherc1400
lateral?a1425
sinistera1500
upper1528
anterior?1541
inferior1563
superior1566
oblique1578
high1588
ascendant1611
prone1646
peripherial1653
internal1657
supine1661
peripherical1690
gawk1703
ascending1713
adducent1722
submental1722
adductory1752
subdorsal1783
syntropic18..
atlantal1803
mesiad1803
mesial1803
proximal1803
sternal1803
distal1808
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
ventripetal1819
submedial1825
anteriormostc1826
subvertebral1827
afferent1828
sinistral1828
rostral1834
interganglionic1835
submedian1836
mesian1837
haemal1839
supravaginal1844
neural1846
symmetrical1851
suprameatal1853
paraxial1861
posterial1866
hypaxial1873
postaxial1873
preaxial1873
transmedial1876
transmedian1876
mediad1878
horizontal1881
mesal1881
prosomatic1882
dextrad1883
paramedian1890
prorsal1890
ventro-dorsal1895
midsagittal1898
ventro-axial1902
ventro-posterior1903
ipsilateral1907
parasagittal1907
ventromedial1908
homolateral1910
suprasellar1912
supratemporal1975
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adjective]
superficial?a1425
superficiary1615
peripherial1653
peripherical1690
peripheral1808
peripherous1816
peripheric1818
facial1842
epipolic1874
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > margin or periphery
peripherial1653
peripherical1690
marginated1727
submarginated1752
submargined1783
margineda1794
marginal1796
submarginal1800
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
marginate1822
limbate1826
bipectinated1836
submarginate1856
marginiform1857
bipectinate1870
limbic1882
1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1866) 284 (note) Fiendish guilt when it makes itself existential and peripheric.
1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 387 The peripheric swelling..quickly constitutes a kind of little utricle.
1890 E. R. Lankester Advancem. Sci. ix. 329 Von Baer..adopted Cuvier's divisions..as the peripheric, the longitudinal, the massive, and the vertebrate types of structure.
1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. i. 19 By then he will know..whether he finds himself in an ‘excentric’ or peripheric position.
1968 J. Bouillon in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. i. 132 The manubrium leads into a gastric cavity typically composed of an uninterrupted central part, the central stomach.., and a peripheric part divided into four radial gastric pouches.
1997 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud. 29 588 The language of protection..reached the peripheric ethnic mediators as the matrix of a coded pathetic discourse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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