para aminobenzoic acid
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~ a metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells; used to make dyes and drugs and sun blockers
para
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~ (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
para I
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~ (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
Para
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~ port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
parable
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~ a short moral story (often with animal characters)
parable
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~ (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"
parabola
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~ a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
parabolic mirror
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~ a parabolic reflector for light radiation
parabolic geometry
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~ (mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms
paraboloid
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~ a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
paracelsus
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~ Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
paracentesis
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~ centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis
paracervical block
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~ regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth
Paracheirodon axelrodi
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~ small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
Paracheirodon
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~ a genus of Characidae
parachute jumper
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~ a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
parachute
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~ rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
parachuter
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~ a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
parachuting
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~ descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
parachutist
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~ a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute