| parenting | Performing the role of a parent by care-giving, nurturance, and protection of the child by a natural or substitute parent. The parent supports the child by exercising authority and through consistent, empathic, appropriate behaviour in response to the child's needs. Parenting differs from child rearing in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the children and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behaviour of the parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| parents | Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parepicele | The lateral recess of the fourth ventricle of the brain. Origin: para-+ G. Epi, upon, + koilia, a hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
| parepididymis | <anatomy> A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body. Origin: NL. See Para-, and Epididymis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parepithymia | A morbid longing; an abnormal desire or craving. Origin: para-+ G. Epithymia, desire (05 Mar 2000) |
| parerethisis | Abnormal or morbid excitement. Origin: para-+ G. Erethizo, to excite (05 Mar 2000) |
| parergasia | An obsolete term for schizophrenia. Origin: para-+ G. Ergasia, work (05 Mar 2000) |
| paresis | <neurology> Slight or incomplete paralysis. Origin: Gr. = relaxation (18 Nov 1997) |
| paresis, general | A part of late ( tertiary ) syphilis a decade or more after the initial infection, due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of the brain (meningoencephalitis) which results in progressive dementia and generalised paralysis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paresthesia | <neurology> Abnormal neurological sensations which include: numbness, tingling, burning, prickling and hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity). Any abnormality of sensation. (16 Dec 1997) |
| paresthetic | Relating to or marked by paresthesia; denoting numbness and tingling in an extremity which usually occurs on the resumption of the blood flow to a nerve following temporary pressure or mild injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parethmoid | <anatomy> Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. A parethmoid bone. Origin: Pref. Para- + ethmoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paretic | Relating to or suffering from paresis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paretic impotence | Impotence caused by a lesion of the nervous system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paretic neurosyphilis | Syphilitic infection manifested as dementia (often with delusional features), dysarthria, seizures, myoclonic jerks, action tremor, impaired walking and standing, pupillary abnormalities, and abnormal CSF findings. Synonym: chronic progressive syphilitic meningoencephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |