| paradoxical respiration | Deflation of the lung during inspiration and inflation of the lung during the phase of expiration; seen in the lung on the side of an open pneumothorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paradoxical sleep | A deep sleep, with a brain wave pattern more like that of waking states than of other states of sleep, which occurs during rapid eye movement sleep. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paradoxical triceps reflex | Flexion of the forearm caused by tapping the olecranon. Synonym: paradoxical triceps reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paradoxides | <paleontology> A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paradoxology | <study> The use of paradoxes. Origin: Paradox. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paradoxure | <zoology> Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang. Origin: Gr. Incredible, paradoxical + tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |