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pe⋅ri

  [peer-ee]
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–noun, plural -ris.
1. one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
2. any lovely, graceful person.
Origin:
1770–80; < Pers perī, var. of parī fairy, MPers parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
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Pe⋅ri

  [pe-ree]
–noun
Ja⋅co⋅po  [yah-kaw-paw] , 1561–1633, Italian composer.

peri-

 
a prefix meaning “about” or “around” (perimeter, periscope), “enclosing” or “surrounding” (pericardium), and “near” (perigee, perihelion), appearing in loanwords from Greek (peripeteia); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (perimorph).
Origin:
< Gk, prefixal use of perí (adv. and prep.)
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pe·ri   (pîr'ē)   
n.   pl. pe·ris
In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent.

[Persian parī, from Pahlavi parīk, malevolent sprite, from Avestan pairikā, a kind of female demon.]
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Word Origin & History

peri 
1777, from Pers. pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (cf. sense evolution of Eng. fairy, to which it is not related).

peri- 
prefix meaning "around, about, enclosing," from Gk. peri (prep.) "around, about, beyond," cognate with Skt. pari "around, about, through," L. per (see per).
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Medical Dictionary

peri- pref.

  1. Around; about; enclosing: perimysium.

  2. Near: perinatal.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
peri

  1. pericardial

  2. pericardium

PERI
Pharmaceutical Education and Research Institute
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