Per`i*pa*tet"ic*al (?), a. Peripatetic. [R.] Hales.
Per`i*pa*tet"i*cism (?), n. [Cf. F. pÈripatÈtisme.] The doctrines or
philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond.
Sat. Rev.
||Pe*rip"a*tus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a walking about.] (Zoˆl.) A
||genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa,
||Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.
Per`i*pet"al*ous (?), a. (Bot.) Surrounding, or situated about, the
petals.
Pe*riph"er*al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting
a periphery; peripheric.
2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion
of the nervous system.
{ Per`i*pher"ic (?), Per`i*pher"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. pÈriphÈrique.
See Periphery.] See Peripheral.
Pe*riph"er*y (?), n.; pl. Peripheries (#). [L. peripheria, Gr. &?;; &?;
around + &?; to bear, carry: cf. F. pÈriphÈrie.] 1. The outside or
superficial portions of a body; the surface.