Period: (1) A certain duration or division of time. (2) One of the stages of a disease, e.g., period of incubation, period of convalescence.stage, phase. (3) Colloquialism for menses. (4) Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the periodic table. [G. periodos, a way round, a cycle, fr. peri, around, + hodos, way]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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