- perigemmal
- SYN: circumgemmal. [peri- + L. gemma, bud]
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peri·gem·mal (per″ĭ-jemґəl) surrounding a taste bud or other bud.
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perigemmal
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circumgemmal — Surrounding a budlike or bulblike body; denoting a mode of nerve termination by fibrils surrounding an end bulb. SYN: perigemmal. [circum + L. gemma, a bud] * * * cir·cum·gem·mal (sur″kəm jemґəl) [circum + gemma + al] surrounding… … Medical dictionary
