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peripheral

[puh-rif-er-uhl] / pəˈrɪf ər əl /


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It means she loses any of her remaining peripheral vision.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Traditional CAR-NK approaches usually depend on mature NK cells collected from sources such as peripheral blood or cord blood.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

For decades, U.S. macroeconomic debates treated regulation as a sideshow—important for lawyers, lobbyists, and compliance officers but peripheral to the “real” drivers of economic performance, such as interest rates, deficits, and stimulus.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

The company has said that its nurses were never required to use QuantaFlo and the company expected them to use their judgment in diagnosing peripheral artery disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

I’m not looking directly at him, but I can see him in my peripheral vision.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen