Epiperipheral

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]