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    • peri- comes from Greek, is attached to roots, and means "about, around'':peri- + meter → perimeter (= distance around an area);peri- + -scope → periscope (= instrument for looking around oneself).
    • peri- also means "enclosing, surrounding'':peri- + cardium → pericardium (= a sac surrounding the heart).
    • peri- also means "near'':peri- + helion → perihelion (= point of an orbit nearest to the sun).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peri- prefix
  1. enclosing, encircling, or around: pericardium, pericarp, perigon
  2. near or adjacent: perihelion
Etymology: from Greek peri around, near, about WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025pe•ri (pēr′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ris.
  1. Eastern Religionsone of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
  2. any lovely, graceful person.
  • Persian perī, variant of parī fairy, Middle Persian parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
  • 1770–80
Pe•ri (pe′rē),USA pronunciation n.
    Ja•co•po (yä′kô pô),USA pronunciation 1561–1633, Italian composer.
peri-,
  1. a prefix meaning "about'' or "around'' (perimeter, periscope), "enclosing'' or "surrounding'' (pericardium), and "near'' (perigee, perihelion), appearing in loanwords from Greek (peripeteia); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (perimorph).
  • Greek, prefixal use of perí (adverb, adverbial and preposition)
'peri-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): diastalsis - for- - Jamshid - peri - perianth - periapt - pericardium - perichondrium - periclase - pericline - perigee - perihelion - perilune - perimeter - perineum - period - periodontics - periosteum - peripeteia - periphery - periphrasis - perisarc - periscope - peristalsis - peristome - peristyle - peritoneum - for - periapical - periarteritis - periastron - periblem - pericarp - pericementum - pericenter - pericope - pericranium - pericycle - peridental - periderm - periglacial - perigon - perigonium - perigynous - perikaryon - peril - perilymph - perimorph - perimysium - perinatal

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