peripheradadv.
/pᵻˈrɪf(ə)rad/, U.S. /pəˈrɪf(ə)ˌræd/ Anatomy. Now rare.
To or towards the periphery; outwards, away from the centre. Opposed to centrad.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adverb] > specific
upwardsc1400
posteriorly1598
centrad1803
dextrad1803
distad1803
peripherad1803
proximad1803
sinistrad1803
atlantad1825
rostrad1831
mesially1849
ventrad1849
peripherally1852
posterolaterally1857
rostrally1863
distally1870
medianly1870
ventrally1870
postaxially1873
preaxially1873
posteroventrally1877
proximally1878
mesad1881
lateralwards1882
ventralwards1883
preaxiad1888
mesally1890
anteriad1891
haemad1891
postaxiad1892
lateralward1895
sagittally1895
ventral1899
posteriad1902
ipsilaterally1950
midsagittally1960
ventromedially1960
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adverb] > margin or periphery
marginally1657
peripherad1803
sinuately1847
peripherally1852
1803 J. Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. vii. 167 In the head, trunk, and extremities, Dermad will signify towards the dermal aspect. Peripherad..towards the circumference. Centrad..towards the centre.
1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. I. 235 The mental stimulus is propagated no further peripherad than the point of section.
1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 374 The mesenteries of the actinozoa extend peripherad from the principal axis or the median plane.
1960 Science 28 Oct. 1249/2 ‘Peaks’ of radioactivity in peripheral neuronal protein were observed..to be displaced peripherad in the ulnar and sciatic nerves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1803