||Par`a*phi*mo"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; beyond + &?; to
||muzzle.] (Med.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being
||retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not
||be brought forward into place again.
Par`a*phos*phor"ic (?), a. [Pref. para- + phosphoric.] (Chem.)
Pyrophosphoric. [Obs.]
||Par`a*phrag"ma (-frg"m), n.; pl. Paraphragmata (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||para` beside + &?;, &?;, an inclosure.] (Zoˆl.) One of the outer
||divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal (#), a.
Par"a*phrase (pr"*frz), n. [L. paraphrasis, Gr. para`frasis, from
parafra`zein to say the same thing in other words; para` beside +
fra`zein to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See Para-, and Phrase.] A
restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the
original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and
fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other
and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to
metaphrase.
In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are
not so strictly followed as his sense.
Dryden.
Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David.