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Para-
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- 1 beside, alongside morpheme
"parasite (feed beside), parallel (beside one another), paracapsular (alongside a capsule)"
- 2 to guard against, to avert, to shield from; to provide protection against, defence from idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete
- 3 parachute morpheme
- 4 disability sport morpheme
- 5 between morpheme
"paracellular (between cells), paraconule (A conule located between a paracone and a metacone), paradiploid (intermediate between diploid and polyploid)"
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- 6 around, surrounding morpheme
"paracortex (surrounding the cortex), paradiapophysis (covering the diapophysis)"
- 7 adjacent, next to morpheme
"paracentral (adjacent to the center), paracaval (adjacent to the vena cava)"
- 8 near morpheme
"paranal (near the anus), parepididymis ((body part) near the epididymis), parethmoid (near the ethmoid bone)"
- 9 opposite of, on the far side of morpheme
"paracavernous (On the far side of the cavernous sinus)"
- 10 above, over morpheme
"paraductal (above the duct), paracoronoid (above the coronoid process), paracondylar (over the condyle)"
- 11 across, through, throughout morpheme
"paracotylar ([extending] across the cotyle), paraesophageal (across the esophagus), paracloacal (through the cloaca), paracostal (through the ribs), paracerebral (throughout the brain)"
- 12 beyond morpheme
"paradox (beyond expectation), paranormal (beyond normal) paraclival (beyond the clivus)"
- 13 abnormal morpheme
"paralgesia (abnormal sensitivity to pain)"
- 14 incorrect morpheme
- 15 false morpheme
"paradiorthosis (false correction)"
- 16 resembling morpheme
"paramilitary (resembling a military), paramylum (resembling amylum (starch))"
- 17 unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned morpheme
"parastate (an unrecognized state), parabaptism (unauthorized baptism)"
- 18 avoiding or avoidant morpheme
"parenteral (avoiding the intestines), paraconsistent (avoiding consistency)"
- 19 In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-) morpheme
- 20 related or pertaining to morpheme
"paraclinical (relating to things not purely clinical), parabigeminal (related to a pair of organs), parabicanonical (pertaining to a linear system of divisors equivalent to a bicanonical divisor), paracomplex (pertaining to all metric spaces and all CW-complexes)"
- 21 affecting or concerning lower body morpheme
"paranesthesia (affecting both sides of the lower body), paraballism (ballism affecting both legs)"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”).
From French para-, from Italian para-, from para, imperative of parare (“to defend, shield, shroud”), from Latin parō (“I prepare”).
From parachute.
From Paralympic.
See also for "para-"
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