English Explanatory Dictionary

peristasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an Ancient Greek peripteros temple.
  2. An inactive phase of vasoconstriction in inflammation.

Word forms

peristasis peristases

Derived words

antiperistasis
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