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.