All the white blood cells are able to move like an amoeba, and can migrate out of blood vessels into the surrounding tissues. Note-it is easy to confuse the different leucocytes in blood smears. To identify them, you need to look for the shape of the nucleus, and compare their size, relative to that of a red blood cell.
peri-. a prefix meaning âabout,â âaroundâ (perimeter; periscope), âenclosing,â âsurroundingâ (pericardium), ânearâ (perigee; perihelion).
perÂ·iÂ·hepÂ·aÂ·tiÂ·tis. Inflammation of the serous, or peritoneal, covering of the liver. perihepatitis. /periÂ·hepÂ·aÂ·tiÂ·tis/ (-hepâ³ah-tiÂ´tis) inflammation of the peritoneal capsule of the liver and the surrounding tissue. perihepatitis. inflammation of the peritoneal capsule of the liver and other nearby tissues.