per·i·gee
(pĕrə-je)
(pĕrə-je)n.
1. Astronomy The point in an orbit around the planet Earth where the orbiting body is closest to the planet.
2. The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
[Frenchpérigée, fromMedieval Latinperigeum, fromLate Greekperigeion : Greekperi-, peri- + Greekge, earth.]
per′i·geal(-jeəl), per′i·gean(-jeən)adj.
perigee- metestrous
- metestrus
- metformin
- meth
- meth-
- methacrylate
- methacrylic acid
- methadone
- methamphetamine
- methane
- methane hydrate
- methane series
- methanesulfonate
- methanesulfonic acid
- methanogen
- methanol
- methaqualone
- metheglin
- methemoglobin
- methemoglobinemia
- methenamine
- methicillin
- methimazole
- methinks
- methionine