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entoperipheral

entoperipheral adjective: being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances.

Adjective

entoperipheral (not comparable)

  1. Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances.
    • On comparing these three great orders of feelings, we found that whereas the epiperipheral are relational to a very great extent, the entoperipheral, and still more the central , have but small aptitudes for entering into relations1870-1880, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology

Origin of entoperipheral

From ento- + peripheral.

Questions about entoperipheral

What does entoperipheral mean?
Entoperipheral means being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances.
What part of speech is entoperipheral?
Entoperipheral is an adjective.

Words near entoperipheral in the dictionary

  1. entoparasite
  2. entoparasites
  3. entoparasitic
  4. entopeduncular
  5. entopenduncular
  6. entoperipheral
  7. entophytal
  8. entophyte
  9. entophytes
  10. entophytic
  11. entophytous

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