Pa*ron"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; para` beside, near + &?; a name.] 1.
Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of
certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.
2. Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different
meaning; -- said of certain words, as al&?; and awl; hair and hare,
etc.
Pa*ron"y*my, n. The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of
paronymous words.
||Par`o*ˆph"o*ron (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; (see Para-) + &?; an egg +
||&?; to bear.] (Anat.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some
||animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.
Par"o*quet` (?), n. [F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both prob. orig.
meaning, little Peter. See Parrot.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Parrakeet. [Written
also paroket, parroquet, and perroquet.]
Paroquet auk or auklet (Zoˆl.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus
psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper
parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also
perroquet auk.
||Pa*ror"chis (?), n. [NL. See Para- , and Orchis.] (Anat.) The part of
||the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of
||the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.
Pa*ros"te*al (?), (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to parostosis; as,
parosteal ossification.
||Par`os*to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Para-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.)
||Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the
||formation of bone outside of the periosteum.
Par`os*tot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to parostosis.
Pa*rot"ic (?), a. [See Parotid.] (Anat.) On the side of the auditory
capsule; near the external ear.
Parotic region (Zoˆl.), the space around the ears.
Pa*rot"id (?), a. [L. parotis, -idis, Gr. &?;, &?;; para` beside, near
+ &?;, &?;, the ear: cf. F. parotide. ] (Anat.) (a) Situated near the
ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. (b) Of,
pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.
Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in
front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in
man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the
second molar of the upper jaw.
Pa*rot"id, n. (Anat.) The parotid gland.
Par`o*ti"tis (?), n. [NL. See Parotid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation
of the parotid glands.
Epidemic, or Infectious, parotitis, mumps.
Par"o*toid (?), a. [Parotid + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling the parotid
gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above
the ear in many toads and frogs. -- n. A parotoid gland.
||Pa*rou"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;. See Parusia.] (a) The nativity
||of our Lord. (b) The last day. Shipley.
||Par`o*va"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Para-, and Ovarium.] (Anat.) A group
||of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the
||ovary or oviduct; the epoˆphoron.
Par"ox*ysm (?), n. [F. paroxysme, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to sharpen,
irritate; para` beside, beyond + &?; to sharpen, from &?; sharp.] 1.
(Med.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at
intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. Arbuthnot.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a
convulsion; a fit.
The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair.
South.
Par`ox*ys"mal (?), a. Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or
accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper. --
Par`ox*ys"mal*ly, adv.
Par*ox"y*tone (?), n. [Gr. &?;, a. See Para-, and Oxytone.] (Gr. Gram.)
A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.