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Meanings of Paraphysate:

adjective

Having paraphyses.

Meanings of Paraphysical:

adjective

Not part of the physical world as it is currently understood; of, relating to, or designating physical phenomena for which no adequate scientific explanation exists.

Meanings of Paraphysis:

noun

A sterile hairlike filament present among the reproductive organs in many lower plants, especially bryophytes, algae, and fungi.

Usage examples:

Perithecia are always smaller than wild-type perithecia and a quarter of them contain only sterile …

Meanings of Paraplasm:

noun

Cytoplasmic inclusions (vacuoles, granules, crystals, etc.). compare earlier metaplasm .

Meanings of Paraplegia:

noun

Paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.

Usage examples:

A spinal injury leading to paraplegia or quadriplegia could lead to an insurance company paying out…

Meanings of Paraplegic:

adjective

Affected by or relating to paralysis of the legs and lower body.

Usage examples:

A paraplegic war veteran

noun

A person affected by paralysis of the legs and lower body.

Usage examples:

Researchers hope the treatment might enable paraplegics to walk again

Meanings of Paraplegics:

noun

A person affected by paralysis of the legs and lower body.

Usage examples:

Researchers hope the treatment might enable paraplegics to walk again

adjective

Affected by or relating to paralysis of the legs and lower body.

Usage examples:

A paraplegic war veteran

Meanings of Parapod:

noun

Parapodium.

Meanings of Parapodia:

noun

(in a polychaete worm) each of a number of paired muscular bristle-bearing appendages used in locomotion, sensation, or respiration.

Usage examples:

Subsequently work on a brittle star showed expression of the gene in the tube feet, and many found …

Meanings of Parapodium:

noun

(in a polychaete worm) each of a number of paired muscular bristle-bearing appendages used in locomotion, sensation, or respiration.

Usage examples:

Subsequently work on a brittle star showed expression of the gene in the tube feet, and many found …

Meanings of Parapophysial:

adjective

Of or relating to a parapophysis; of the nature of a parapophysis.

Meanings of Parapophysis:

noun

Either of a pair of transverse processes on the ventral side of the centrum of a vertebra, often serving as a point of attachment for a rib.

Meanings of Parapraxia:

noun

Faulty performance of a purposive action; an instance of this.

Meanings of Parapraxis:

noun

A minor error in speech or action, (supposedly) representing the fulfilment of an unconscious wish; a freudian slip.

Meanings of Paraproctitis:

noun

Inflammation of tissue around or near the rectum; pararectal inflammation.

Meanings of Paraproctium:

noun

The tissue beside the rectum.

Meanings of Paraprofessional:

noun

A person to whom a particular aspect of a professional task is delegated but who is not licensed to practise as a fully qualified professional.

Usage examples:

Each team consists of ten professionals or paraprofessionals, including a psychiatrist, linked to a…

adjective

Relating to or denoting a paraprofessional.

Usage examples:

Paraprofessional social service personnel

Meanings of Paraprofessionals:

noun

A person to whom a particular aspect of a professional task is delegated but who is not licensed to practise as a fully qualified professional.

Usage examples:

Each team consists of ten professionals or paraprofessionals, including a psychiatrist, linked to a…

adjective

Relating to or denoting a paraprofessional.

Usage examples:

Paraprofessional social service personnel

Meanings of Paraprotein:

noun

A protein found in the blood only as a result of cancer or other disease.

Usage examples:

Efforts to eradicate or reduce the inhibitor titer in this patient were not successful despite the …

Meanings of Parapsidal:

adjective

Of or relating to the parapsides of an insect; specifically designating two longitudinal marks on the mesoscutum of certain hymenopterans.

Meanings of Parapsis:

noun

A lateral region of the mesoscutum of certain hymenopteran insects, delineated medially by grooves or lines. usually in plural.

Meanings of Parapsychical:

adjective

Parapsychic.

Meanings of Parapsychology:

noun

The study of mental phenomena which are excluded from or inexplicable by orthodox scientific psychology (such as hypnosis, telepathy, etc.).

Usage examples:

Let us not trivialise this by saying that it is because of parapsychology or telepathy.

Meanings of Parapteron:

noun

Any of several small lateral sclerites of the thoracic segments of an insect, especially those associated with the wing bases.

Meanings of Parapterum:

noun

Any of several small lateral sclerites of the thoracic segments of an insect, especially those associated with the wing bases.