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Around one or both atria (two smaller chambers) of the heart.

Situated around or near the ear.

1. Surrounding an axis.
2. Near or around an axis.

Surrounding, around, or adjacent to the armpits: Neal went to the doctor to find out why he had periaxillary pains in both of his arms.

Surrounding or encircling an axon or a long fiber of a nerve cell (a neuron) that acts somewhat like a fiber-optic cable carrying outgoing (efferent) messages.

1. The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.
2. A specialized region of yolk surface immediately peripheral to the blastoderm in telolecithal eggs.

The layer does not take part in the formation of the embryo but it is supposed to break down yolk and make it available to the embryo.

In ancient architecture, an inclosed court; especially, one surrounding a temple.

1. Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics.
2. Surrounding the branchiae; such as, a peribranchial cavity.

Adjacent to or surrounding a bronchus.

Adjacent to or surrounding a bronchiole.

Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bronchioles.

Inflammaton of the tissues surrounding the bronchi.

Ulceration of the lateral or medial aspects of the eyelids.

Surrounding or around the cheek.

1. Surrounding the eye.
2. Pertaining to the tissues immediately surrounding the eye.