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periwound

periwound adjective: surrounding a wound.

Adjective

periwound (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a wound

Noun

periwound (plural periwounds)

  1. The area surrounding a wound

Forms of periwound

pluralperiwounds

Origin of periwound

From peri- + wound.

Questions about periwound

What does periwound mean?
Periwound means surrounding a wound.
What part of speech is periwound?
Periwound can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near periwound in the dictionary

  1. periwinkler
  2. periwinklers
  3. periwinkles
  4. periwinkling
  5. periworkout
  6. periwound
  7. periwounds
  8. perixosomal
  9. perixosome
  10. Periyalvar
  11. perizoma

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