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perihilar

perihilar adjective: surrounding the hilum.

Adjective

perihilar (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the hilum.

Origin of perihilar

From peri- + hilar.

Questions about perihilar

What does perihilar mean?
Perihilar means surrounding the hilum.
What part of speech is perihilar?
Perihilar is an adjective.

Words near perihilar in the dictionary

  1. perihepatic
  2. perihepatitis
  3. periherm
  4. perihermion
  5. periherms
  6. perihilar
  7. perihinal
  8. perihippocampal
  9. perihydro
  10. perihydroxylated
  11. perihypoglossal

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