peristomal

adjective

peri·​stom·​al

¦perə¦stōməl

variants or peristomatic

-stō¦madik

: peristomial

Word History

Etymology

peristomal from peristome + -al; peristomatic from New Latin peristomat-, peristoma + English -ic

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