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periliminal

periliminal adjective: surrounding an entrance.

Adjective

periliminal (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding an entrance

Origin of periliminal

From peri- + liminal.

Questions about periliminal

What does periliminal mean?
Periliminal means surrounding an entrance.
What part of speech is periliminal?
Periliminal is an adjective.

Words near periliminal in the dictionary

  1. perilesion
  2. perilesional
  3. perilesionally
  4. periligamentous
  5. perilimbal
  6. periliminal
  7. periling
  8. perilingual
  9. perilingually
  10. perilipin
  11. perilipins

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