30 Examples of Words with the prefix peri-

Words with the prefix peri-

The prefixperi-, of Greek origin, means "around" or "close to". It is a prefix widely used in ancient language and in the field of medicine. For example: persubway, perphrasis, peritoneo.

Meanings of the prefix peri-

Examples of words with the prefix peri-

1. Perimeter: Around a certain area or site.
2. Perimeter: Set of lines or points that indicate the outline of a specific surface.
3. Perinatal: That it is related to the baby in a time immediately before and after the birth.
4. Perianal: Found around the anus.
5. Perineurium: Layer of connective tissue that surrounds each bundle of nerves.
6. Periaortitis: Inflammation of the tissues that surround the aorta artery.
7. Periarteritis: Inflammation of the tissues of one or more arteries.
8. Periaxial: Structure that is located around the main axis of an organ.
9. Periblast: In embryology it is a format of the eggs that are arranged as discs.
10. Pericardium: Tissue that surrounds the heart.
11. Pericarditis: Inflammation of the pericardium.
12. Pericarion: Cytoplasm that covers the nucleus and its processes of a cell.
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13. Pericarp: External part of the fruits that covers the seeds.
14. Pericenthesis: Puncture performed to remove fluid from inside a cavity in the body.
15. Pericito: A type of contractile cells that cover or surround other cells called endothelial cells that are found in capillaries and blood vessels throughout the body.
16. Perichoroidal: Which is around the choroid, membrane of the eyeball.
17. Peridermis: Secondary tissue that replaces the epidermis in stems and roots.
18. Periphery: Area immediately outside of something. It is the area around a certain space.
19. Periphlebitis: Inflammation of the tissues that line the veins.
20. Periphonus: Sounds on the periphery.
21. Periphrasis: Term used in linguistics that expresses several words said or written in a single word.
22. Perigee: Point in the orbit of the moon or another satellite that is at a shorter distance in relation to the Earth. He objects to the term apogee.
23. Perihelion: Orbit point of a planet that is closer to the sun.
24. Perilymph: Serum-like liquid that fills the cavities (vestibular and tympanic) of the snail.
25. Perinuclear: What happens or happens around a nucleus
26. Periostrack: Oyster layer (sea shell).
27. Periplasm: Space surrounding the cytoplasm in certain prokaryotic cells.
28. Peristoma: Around the mouth.
29. Peritoneum: Membrane that covers the inner surface of the abdomen.
30. Periangitis: Tumor that develops around a vessel.

(!) Exceptions

Not all words that start with syllables peri- correspond to this prefix. These are some exceptions: