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peripatetic
peripatus
peripheral
peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome
peripheral nervous system
periphery
periphery region
periphrasis
periphrastic
periphyton
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periodontal
per·i·o·don·tal [ pèrree ə dónt'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
in tissues around tooth: relating to or affecting the tissues that surround the neck and root of a tooth
[Mid-19th century. <peri- + Greek odont- "tooth"]

per·i·o·don·tal·ly adverb
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