peri
Multiple Entries:peri peri-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peri /ˈpɪəri/
▶noun (pl. peris) (in Persian mythology) a genie or fairy.
– origin from Pers. perī.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peri-/ˈpɛri/
▶prefix
- 1 round; about: pericardium.
- 2 Astronomy denoting the point nearest to a specified celestial body: perihelion. Compare with apo-.
– origin from Gk peri ‘about, around’.
'peri' also found in these Oxford entries:
apo-
- peri-
- perianth
- periapt
- pericardium
- pericarp
- perichondrium
- periclase
- pericranium
- periderm
- perihelion
- perilune
- perimeter
- perimysium
- perineurium
- periodontics
- periosteum
- peripeteia
- periphrasis
- periphyton
- peripteral
- perisperm
- peristome
- peristyle
