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peripheral
/pɚˈɪfɚəl/
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What does peripheral mean?
adjective
- On the periphery or boundary.
- Beside the point.
- Unimportant.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- Auxiliary.
- Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.
noun
- A peripheral device.
- Peripheral vision.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɚˈɪfɚəl/
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The peripheral edges are sewn to a slender strip of rattan bent to form a circle, the two ends overlapping.
Modern neurology soon discovered that these paralyses were quite unlike those seen when there is "real" injury to the brain, spinal cord or the peripheral nerves.
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Aubert examines older studies of the matter and concludes that this disappearance or confusion of an object is peripheral, but that fixation of a small object is always difficult.
At night the pupil dilates more than in the day-time, and hence vision with the extramacular or peripheral portions of the retina is correspondingly better.