Par"a*phrast (?), n. [L. paraphrastes, Gr. &?;: cf. F. paraphraste.] A
paraphraser. T. Warton.
{ Par`a*phras"tic (?), Par`a*phras"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr.&?;: cf. F.
paraphrastique.] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining,
or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author;
not literal; free. -- Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.
||Pa*raph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Paraphyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside
||+ &?; growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the
||archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc.,
||of other flowerless plants.
{ ||Par`a*ple"gi*a (?), Par"a*ple`gy (?), } n. [NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr.
&?; hemiplegia, fr. &?; to strike at the side; para` beside + &?; to
strike: cf. F. paraplÈgie.] (Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body
on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. --
Par`a*pleg"ic (#), a.
||Par`a*pleu"ra (?), n.; pl. ParapleurÊ (#). [NL. See Para-, and 2d
||Pleura.] (Zoˆl.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the
||pleuron of certain insects.
||Par`a*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Parapodia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside
||+ &?;, dim. of &?; foot.] (Zoˆl.) One of the lateral appendages of an
||annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often
contain spines or setÊ. When well developed, a dorsal part, or
notopodium, and a ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.
Par`a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Parapophyses (#). [NL. See Para-, and
Apophysis.] (Anat.) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a
vertebra. See Vertebra. -- Par*ap`o*phys"ic*al (#), a.
||Pa*rap"te*rum (?), n.; pl. Paraptera (#). [NL. See Para-, and
||Pteron.] (Zoˆl.) A special plate situated on the sides of the
||mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.
{ Par`a*quet" (?), Par`a*qui"to (?), } n. [See Paroquet.] (Zoˆl.) See
Parrakeet.
Par"a*sang (?), n. [L. parasanga, Gr. &?;, from Old Persian; cf. Per.
farsang.] A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus
and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half
miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now
used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
||Par`a*sce"ni*um (?), n.; pl. Parascenia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; para`
||beside + &?; stage.] (Greek & Rom. Antiq.) One of two apartments
||adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.
||Par`a*sce"ve (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;, lit., preparation.] 1. Among
||the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath. [Obs.] Mark xv. 42 (Douay
||ver.)