Par`a*sol*ette" (?), n. A small parasol.
Par`a*sphe"noid (?), a. [Pref. para- + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Near the
sphenoid bone; - - applied especially to a bone situated immediately
beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals. -- n.
The parasphenoid bone.
Pa*ras"ti*chy (?), n. [Pref. para- + Gr. &?; a row.] (Bot.) A
secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine
cone.
||Par`a*syn*ax"is (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to assemble
||illegally or secretly.] (Civil Law) An unlawful meeting.
Par`a*syn*thet"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Para-, and Synthetic.] Formed
from a compound word. "Parasynthetic derivatives." Dr. Murray.
Par`a*tac"tic (?), a. (Gram.) Of pertaining to, or characterized by,
parataxis.
||Par`a*tax"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a placing beside, fr. &?; to
||place beside.] (Gram.) The mere ranging of propositions one after
||another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; --
||opposed to syntax. Brande & C.
||Pa*rath"e*sis (?), n.; pl. Paratheses (#). [NL., from Gr. &?; a
||putting beside, from &?; to put beside.]
1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case;
apposition.
2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward
expanded. Smart.