| paramenia | Any disorder or irregularity of menstruation. Origin: para-+ G. Men, month (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paramere | <zoology> One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish. Origin: Pref. Para- + -mere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paramesial | Near the middle line. Synonym: paramesial. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramesonephric | Close to or alongside the embryonic mesonephros. See: paramesonephric duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramesonephric duct | Either of the two paired embryonic tubes extending along the mesonephros roughly parallel to the mesonephric duct and emptying into the cloaca; in the female, the upper parts of the ducts form the uterine tubes, while the lower fuse to form the uterus and part of the vagina; in the male, vestiges of the ducts form the vagina masculina and the appendix testis. Synonym: ductus paramesonephricus, Muller's duct, mullerian duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parameter | A variable whose measure is indicative of a quantity or function that cannot itself be precisely determined by direct methods, for example, blood pressure and pulse rate are parameters of cardiovascular function and the level of glucose in blood and urine is a parameter of carbohydrate metabolism. (18 Nov 1997) |
| paramethadione | 3,5-Dimethyl-5-ethyloxazolidine-2,4-dione;an anticonvulsant used in petit mal epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramethasone | <chemical> A glucocorticoid with the general properties of corticosteroids. It has been used by mouth in the treatment of all conditions in which corticosteroid therapy is indicated except adrenal-deficiency states for which its lack of sodium-retaining properties makes it less suitable than hydrocortisone with supplementary fludrocortisone. Pharmacological action: steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, glucocorticoids, synthetic. Chemical name: Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione, 6-fluoro-11,17,21-trihydroxy-16-methyl-, (6alpha,11beta,16alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| parametrial | Pertaining to the parametrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parametric | Relating to the parametrium, or structures immediately adjacent to the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parametric abscess | An abscess in the connective tissue of the broad ligament of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parametric instability | <physics> Instability which occurs in a system whose equilibrium is weakly modulated in time or space. The modulation produces a coupling of the linear eigenmodes of the system and can lead to destabilisation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| parametric test | A statistical test that depends on an assumption about the distribution of the data, e.g., that the data are normally distributed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parametrismus | Painful spasm of the muscular fibres in the broad ligaments. Origin: parametrium + G. Trismos, a creaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| parametritic | Relating to parametritis. (05 Mar 2000) |