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periclinal

periclinal adjective: parallel to the surface of an organ.

Adjective

periclinal (not comparable)

  1. Parallel to the surface of an organ.
  2. Of a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs parallel to an adjacent layer of cells.

periclinal meaning in Tamil

periclinal in Tamil

சுற்றுச்சாய்வுள்ள, விளிம்புக்கு இணைந்த

Origin of periclinal

From peri- + -clinal.

Words formed from periclinal

Questions about periclinal

What does periclinal mean?
Periclinal means parallel to the surface of an organ.
What is periclinal in Tamil?
Periclinal in Tamil is சுற்றுச்சாய்வுள்ள, விளிம்புக்கு இணைந்த. See Periclinal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is periclinal?
Periclinal is an adjective.

Words near periclinal in the dictionary

  1. periclasites
  2. periclaustral
  3. periclavicular
  4. Periclean
  5. Pericles
  6. periclinal
  7. periclinally
  8. pericline
  9. periclines
  10. periclinia
  11. periclinium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: periclinal (page history and authors); periclinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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