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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 …

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  1. a. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surfaceof the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate atthe extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as thesensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposedto entoperipheral. H. Spenser.