| parasaccular hernia | A hernia in which an abdominal viscus forms part of the sac. Synonym: extrasaccular hernia, parasaccular hernia, slipped hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| parasacral | Alongside the sacrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasagittal plane | Any plane parallel to the mid-sagittal plane or anteroposterior median plane. See: sagittal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasagittal section | A cross section obtained by slicing, actually or through imaging techniques, the body or any part of the body, or any anatomic structure in the sagittal plane, i.e., in a vertical plane parallels to the median plane. Since actual sectioning in the sagittal plane results in a right and a left portion, an anatomical sagittal section may be a two-dimensional view of the cut surface on the medial aspect of either portion. Synonym: parasagittal section. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasalpingitis | Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the fallopian or the eustachian tube. Origin: para-+ salpinx + G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| Parascaris equorum | A large heavy-bodied ascarid nematode extremely common in the small intestine of horses and other equids. Larvae may develop in man or mice, but do not reach the adult stage. Synonym: Ascaris equorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parascarlatina | <disease> An exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood of unknown aetiology. Synonym: Filatov's disease, fourth disease, parascarlatina, scarlatinella, scarlatinoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasecretion | An obsolete term for abnormal secretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasegment | <biology> In development of Drosophila, the genetic boundaries between developing segments are thought to lie along the middle of each visible segment. To distinguish them from the segments in everyday use, these compartments are called parasegments. (18 Nov 1997) |
| paraselene | Origin: NL, from Gr. Beside + the moon: cf. F. Paraselene. <astronomy> A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paraseptal cartilage | A narrow strip of cartilage located between the lower edge of the cartilage of the nasal septum and the vomer. Synonym: Jacobson's cartilage, paraseptal cartilage, vomer cartilagineus, vomerine cartilage, vomeronasal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraseptal emphysema | Emphysema involving the periphery of the pulmonary lobules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasexuality | Abnormal or perverted sexuality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasigmatism | Synonym: lisping. Origin: para-+ G. Sigma, the letter s (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasinoidal | Near a sinus, particularly a cerebral sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |