Medical Term:
period
Pronunciation: pēr′ē-ŏd
Definition:
- A certain duration or division of time.
- One of the stages of a disease, period of incubation, period of convalescence.
- Colloquialism for menses.
- Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the periodic table.
[G. periodos, a way round, a cycle, fr. peri, around, + hodos, way]
Search Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
