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pa⋅raph⋅y⋅sis

  [puh-raf-uh-sis]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] . Botany, Mycology.
one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL < Gk paráphysis lit., a growing beside, by-growth, equiv. to para- para- 1 + phýsis growth, nature; see physic

Related forms:
pa⋅raph⋅y⋅sate, adjective
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Main Entry: pa·raph·y·sis
Pronunciation: p&-'raf-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pa·raph·y·ses /-"sEz/
1 : one of the slender sterile often septate filaments of many cryptogamic plants (as fungi) that are borne among thespore- or gamete-forming organs, are single or branched, and are composed of one or more cells
2 : a median evagination of the roof of the telencephalon anterior to the epiphysisof certain lower vertebrates that is present only in the embryo of higher vertebrates
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paraphysis   (pə-rāf'ĭ-sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural paraphyses (pə-rāf'ĭ-sēz')
One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.
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