périostose, n.f., (med.) periostitis.

péripatéticien, -ne (-ci-in, -è-n), n. and adj., Peripatetic.

péripatétisme, n.m., Peripateticism.

péripétie (-pé-ci), n.f., sudden turn of fortune; revolution, vicissitude; (thea.) catastrophe, event, incident.

périphérie, n.f., (geom.) periphery.

périphrase, n.f., periphrasis, periphrase, circumlocution.

périphraser, v.n., to periphrase, to talk in a roundabout way, to express by circumlocution.

périple, n.m., (ancient geog.) periplus.

péripneumonie, n.f., (med.) peripneumonia, peripneumony.

périptère, n.m. and adj., (arch.) periptery; peripteral.