Vocabulary For The College Bound Student - Ch 4.25- Peri

Front 1

pericardium

Back 1

membranous sac enclosing the heart

Front 2

perigee

Back 2

nearest point to the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body (ant. apogee)

Front 3

perihelion

Back 3

nearest point to the sun in the orbit of a heavenly body (ant. aphelion)

Front 4

perimeter

Back 4

whole outer boundary or measurement of a surface or figure

Front 5

periodontics

Back 5

branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the bone and gum tissues supporting the teeth

Front 6

peripatetic

Back 6

traveling about; itinerant

Front 7

peripheral (adj.)

Back 7

1. on the periphery; outside or away from the central part, as in peripheral vision.
2. only slightly connected with what is essential; merely incidental

Front 8

peripheral (n.)

Back 8

device that can be attached to or used with a computer, such as a keyboard, monitor, printer, or scanner

Front 9

periphrastic

Back 9

expressed in a roundabout way; circumlocutory

Front 10

periscope

Back 10

instrument permitting those in a submarine a view ("look around") of the surface

Front 11

peristalsis

Back 11

wavelike contraction of the walls of the intestines, which propels contents onward

Front 12

peristyle

Back 12

1. row of columns around a building or court
2. the space so enclosed

Front 13

peritonitis

Back 13

inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and surrounding the organs within it)