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See Periphrase.

Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. Periphrastic conjugation (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.

With circumlocution.

Same as Periblast. -- Per`i*plas"tic, a. Huxley.

Pneumonia. (Obsoles.)

Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.

The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.

Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.

Peripteral.

The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aëroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.

Pleuropneumonia.

Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.

Deeply divided into several portions.

Presence in more places than one. [R.] Johnson.

A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer. [Abbrev. P. S.]

Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] J. Q. Adams.

Directed; prescribed. " A prescript from of words." Jer. Taylor.

, The quality or state of being prescriptible. Story.

Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed. Grafton.