epiperipheral

== English == === Etymology === From epi- +‎ peripheral. === Adjective === epiperipheral (not comparable) (archaic, physiology) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings that originate at the extremities of nerves, as for example when touching an object with the finger. 1870-1880, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology On comparing these three great orders of feelings , we found that whereas the epiperipheral are relational to a very great extent , the entoperipheral , and still more the central , have but small aptitudes for entering into relations. ==== Related terms ==== entoperipheral === References === “epiperipheral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.