different between periphery vs neurotensin

English

Etymology

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from ????????? (peripher?s, “moving around, round, circular”), from ???????? (periphér?, “I carry around, move around”), from ???? (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + ???? (phér?, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????f??i/
• Hyphenation US: pe?riph?ery; UK: per?iph?ery

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

   The suburbs are a city's periphery.

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

• center

Related terms

• peripherad
• peripheral

Translations

Further reading

• periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Noun

neurotensin (plural neurotensins)

1. A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery

Synonyms

• NT

Derived terms

• neurotensinergic
• neurotensinoma
• proneurotensin

Translations

• Italian: neurotensina (it)