para-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: par-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”).
Senses: examples: text: parasite (feed beside), parallel (beside one another), paracapsular (alongside a capsule)
glosses: beside, alongside
examples: text: paracellular (between cells), paraconule (A conule located between a paracone and a metacone), paradiploid (intermediate between diploid and polyploid)
glosses: between
examples: text: paracortex (surrounding the cortex), paradiapophysis (covering the diapophysis)
glosses: around, surrounding
examples: text: paracentral (adjacent to the center), paracaval (adjacent to the vena cava)
glosses: adjacent, next to
examples: text: paranal (near the anus), parepididymis ((body part) near the epididymis), parethmoid (near the ethmoid bone)
glosses: near
examples: text: paracavernous (On the far side of the cavernous sinus)
glosses: opposite of, on the far side of
examples: text: paraductal (above the duct), paracoronoid (above the coronoid process), paracondylar (over the condyle)
glosses: above, over
examples: text: paracotylar ([extending] across the cotyle), paraesophageal (across the esophagus), paracloacal (through the cloaca), paracostal (through the ribs), paracerebral (throughout the brain)
glosses: across, through, throughout
examples: text: paradox (beyond expectation), paranormal (beyond normal) paraclival (beyond the clivus)
glosses: beyond
examples: text: paralgesia (abnormal sensitivity to pain)
glosses: abnormal
glosses: incorrect
examples: text: paradiorthosis (false correction)
glosses: false
examples: text: paramilitary (resembling a military), paramylum (resembling amylum (starch))
glosses: resembling
examples: text: parastate (an unrecognized state), parabaptism (unauthorized baptism)
glosses: unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
examples: text: parenteral (avoiding the intestines), paraconsistent (avoiding consistency)
glosses: avoiding or avoidant
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: p-
glosses: In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
examples: text: 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)
glosses: related or pertaining to
examples: text: paranesthesia (affecting both sides of the lower body), paraballism (ballism affecting both legs)
glosses: affecting or concerning lower body
Synonyms: sense: between
word: inter-
sense: between
word: dia-
sense: around
word: peri-
sense: around
word: circum-
sense: adjacent
word: juxta-
sense: near
word: juxta-
sense: near
word: peri-
sense: on the far side of
word: trans-
sense: above
word: epi-
sense: above
word: super-
sense: above
word: supra-
sense: above
word: hyper-
sense: across
word: trans-
sense: across
word: dia-
sense: across
word: per-
sense: beyond
word: trans-
sense: beyond
word: hyper-
sense: beyond
word: ultra-
sense: beyond
word: out-
sense: beyond
word: extra-
sense: beyond
word: preter-
word: mis-
word: mal-
sense: false
word: pseudo-
sense: false
word: mis-
sense: resembling
word: quasi-
sense: resembling
word: -oid
sense: resembling
word: -form
sense: resembling
word: -iform
sense: resembling
word: -esque
sense: resembling
word: -ish
sense: resembling
word: -ly
sense: resembling
word: -some
sense: resembling
word: -y
sense: resembling; restricted to casual registers
word: -ass
sense: resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only
word: -like
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: P-
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: parabola
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paradigm
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paradox
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: parallel
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: parallelogram
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paramedic
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paramilitary
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: parasite
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paratext
sense: terms derived from παρά (beside, abnormal, resembling, chem.)
word: paravirtualization
sense: terms derived from παρά (above, beyond)
word: parabiology
sense: terms derived from παρά (above, beyond)
word: paranormal
sense: terms derived from παρά (above, beyond)
word: parapsychology