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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a perisoma; parietal, with reference to the body-wall of an echinoderm: correlated with perivisceral and peristomatic, and opposed to visceral.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a perisome

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  • These steps include, successively, regression of immature neuritic processes, a stellate cell stage, and the extension of several long and mature perisomatic protrusions before the growth of the ultimate dendritic tree.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Fatiha Boukhtouche 2010

  • Distinct stages of dendrite differentiation were scored following Baptista et al. [24] (stage 0 = no dendrites; stage 1 = multiple thin processes; stage 2 = multiple perisomatic spikes; stage 3 = emerging thick principal dendrite; stage 4 = branched and spiny dendritic tree, see E17 and P0 PC density was calculated in 5 quadrants (1 mm2 each) localized at central and peripheral sites of the coverslips as defined by two orthogonal coverslip diameters.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Annarita de Luca et al. 2009

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