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Peppermint – Periostitis

Peppermint

Mentha piperita, a mint with oblong, lanceolate, serrate, glabrous leaves; pedicels and flowers nearly smooth; flowers in cylindrical spikes, interrupted below. Probably a garden form of M. aquatica. Oil of peppermint, the oil distilled from the fresh flowers of M. piperita.

Pepsin

an azotized ferment, related to the proteids, and contained in gastric juice. It possesses the power, in conjunction with hydrochloric acid, of dissolving the insoluble proteids and converting them into peptones. Pepsin is prepared from the stomach of the pig or calf on a commercial scale.

Pequot

FORT, an old Indian fort on Pequot Hill, about 8 miles N. E. of New London, Conn.

Perchloric Acid

(CIHO₄) a colorless liquid obtained by distilling poperchlorate with sulphuric acid. When brought in contact with organic substances, it explodes with great violence.

Periander

one of the seven reputed sages of Greece, a tyrant of Corinth, who succeeded his father, Cypselus, 625 B. c., and died with the reputation of an able ruler, 585 B. C. He was a man of licentious manners, and, in the latter part of his reign, became a cruel ruler.

Pericles

the great Athenian states-

Peridote

a name given by jewelers to the green transparent varieties of olivine. It is usually some shade of olive-green or leek-green. Peridote is found in Brazil, Ceylon, Egypt, and Pegu. It is a very soft gem stone, difficult to polish, and, when polished, liable to lose its luster and to suffer by wear.

Perihelion

or PERIHELIUM, the part of a planet's or comet's orbit where it is nearest the sun, as opposed to aphelion. One of these is said to be in perihelion when it is at the extremity of the major axis of the elliptical orbit nearest the focus occupied by the sun.

Perimeter

in geometry, the bounds or limits of any figure or body.

The perimeters of surfaces or figures are lines; those of bodies are surfaces.

Periodicity

the disposition of certain things or phenomena to recur at stated periods. It denotes the regular or nearly regular recurrence of certain phenomena of animal life, such as sleep and hunger. a

Periosteum

a dense lining membrane covering the whole surface of bone, except the articulations, which have thin cartilaginous layer. As long as a single portion of periosteum remains alive alive bone is capable of being reproduced. a as a

Periostitis

inflammation of the periosteum, a painful ailment frequently brought on by sudden exposure to cold after being heated.