Pe‐riph″er‐al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Pe‐riph″er‐al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.