EPIPERIPHERAL

Ep′i‐pe‐riph″er‐al (?), a. [[Pref. epi- + peripheral.]] (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; — especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; — opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.