| paramo | Origin: Sp. Paeramo. A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Paramoeba | Former name for Entamoeba. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramolar | A supernumerary tooth lying among, lingual, or buccal to the maxillary or mandibular molars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramorph | <chemical> A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite. Origin: Pref. Para- + Gr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paramorphine | <chemistry> A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine. Origin: So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paramorphism | <chemical> The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paramorphous | <chemical> Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paramour | 1. A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; used of a man or a woman. "The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour" (Macaulay) 2. Love; gallantry. "For paramour and jollity." Origin: F. Par amour, lit, by or with love. See Par, and Amour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |