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peripheral
peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome
peripheral nervous system
periphery
periphery region
periphrasis
periphrastic
periphyton
periplasm
periplast
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periplasm
per·i·plasm [ pérrə plàzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
part of cell: the area of a cell that lies immediately inside the cell wall but outside the plasma membrane
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