Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0169 short lesson, about 20 seconds
circum-: Around
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The idea
The prefix circum means around or encircling.
In practice
Circumoral pallor is paleness encircling the mouth.
Where people slip
Circum is Latin and peri is Greek, and both mean around. Terms take one or the other.
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