[pah-rah, pahr-ah] 
| a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster. |
[pah-rah, pahr-ah] | an aluminum-bronze coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, the 100th part of a dinar. |
[par-uh] | 1. | pertaining to or occupying two positions (1, 4) in the benzene ring that are separated by two carbon atoms. Compare ortho, meta 2 . |
| 2. | para-dichlorobenzene. |
[par-uh] [par-ee] . Obstretrics. | 1. | Also called parity. a woman's status regarding the bearing of viable offspring: usually followed by a Roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has given birth. |
| 2. | the woman herself. |
[pah-rah] | 1. | an estuary in N Brazil: an arm of the Amazon. 200 mi. (320 km) long; 40 mi. (65 km) wide. |
| 2. | Belém. |
| 3. | Pará rubber. |
| 1. | a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para-1 may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice. |
| 2. | Chemistry. a combining form designating the para (1, 4) position in the benzene ring. Abbreviation: p-. Compare meta- (def. 2c), ortho- (def. 2b). |
| a combining form meaning “guard against,” occurring in loanwords from French, or, via French, from Italian: parachute; parasol. |
| a combining form extracted from parachute, forming compounds denoting persons or things utilizing parachutes or landed by parachute: paradrop; paradoctor; paraglider; paratrooper. |
[buh-lem; Port. bey-len] | a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River. 949,463. |
[par-uh-dahy-klawr-uh-ben-zeen, -ben-zeen, -klohr-] | a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C6H4Cl2, of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent. |
| pa·ra (pä-rä', pä'rä) n. pl. para See Table at currency. [Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish, from Persian parāh, piece, para.] |
| Pa·rá (pə-rä') See Belém. |
| Main Entry: | para |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See paraeducator |
para par·a (pār'ə)
n.
A woman who has given birth to an infant or infants.
para- or par-
pref.
Beside; near; alongside: paranucleus.
Beyond: parapsychology.
Incorrect; abnormal: paradipsia.
Similar to; resembling: paratyphoid.
Subsidiary; assistant: paramedical.
Isomeric; polymeric: paraldehyde.
A diatomic molecule in which the nuclei have opposite spin directions: parahydrogen.
Abbr. p- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by two unsubstituted carbon atoms. Usually in italic: para-bromoiodobenzene.
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