\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.