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PERITHELIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perithelium mean?
• PERITHELIUM (noun)
The noun PERITHELIUM has 1 sense:
1. tissue layer around small blood vessels
Familiarity information: PERITHELIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue layer around small blood vessels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("perithelium" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Derivation:
perithelial (of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels)
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