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periplasmic

periplasmic adjective: surrounding the plasma of a bacterium.

Adjective

periplasmic (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium

Origin of periplasmic

From peri- + plasmic.

Words formed from periplasmic

Words that rhyme with periplasmic

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Questions about periplasmic

What does periplasmic mean?
Periplasmic means surrounding the plasma of a bacterium.
What part of speech is periplasmic?
Periplasmic is an adjective.

Words near periplasmic in the dictionary

  1. periplanones
  2. periplaque
  3. periplasm
  4. periplasmatic
  5. periplasmatically
  6. periplasmic
  7. periplasmically
  8. periplasms
  9. periplast
  10. periplastic
  11. periplastid

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