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From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, beside, next to).

para-

  1. beside, alongside

    parasite (feed beside), parallel (beside one another), paracapsular (alongside a capsule)

    1. parallel

      paraconformity (parallel conformity), paraxial (parallel to the axis)

  2. between

    paracellular (between cells), paraconule (A conule located between a paracone and a metacone), paradiploid (intermediate between diploid and polyploid)

  3. around, surrounding

    paracortex (surrounding the cortex), paradiapophysis (covering the diapophysis)

    1. covering

      paracolpitis ((outer) covering of inflamed vagina)

  4. adjacent, next to

    paracentral (adjacent to the center), paracaval (adjacent to the vena cava)

  5. near

    paranal (near the anus), parepididymis ((body part) near the epididymis), parethmoid (near the ethmoid bone)

  6. opposite of, on the far side of

    paracavernous (On the far side of the cavernous sinus)

  7. above, over

    paraductal (above the duct), paracoronoid (above the coronoid process), paracondylar (over the condyle)

  8. across, through, throughout

    paracotylar ([extending] across the cotyle), paraesophageal (across the esophagus), paracloacal (through the cloaca), paracostal (through the ribs), paracerebral (throughout the brain)

  9. beyond

    paradox (beyond expectation), paranormal (beyond normal) paraclival (beyond the clivus)

  10. abnormal

    paralgesia (abnormal sensitivity to pain)

  11. incorrect
  12. false
    paradiorthosis (false correction)
  13. resembling

    paramilitary (resembling a military), paramylum (resembling amylum (starch))

  14. unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned

    parastate (an unrecognized state), parabaptism (unauthorized baptism)

  15. avoiding or avoidant

    parenteral (avoiding the intestines), paraconsistent (avoiding consistency)

  16. (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
    Synonym: p-
  17. related or pertaining to

    paraclinical (relating to things not purely clinical), parabigeminal (related to a pair of organs), parabicanonical (pertaining to a linear system of divisors equivalent to a bicanonical divisor), paracomplex (pertaining to all metric spaces and all CW-complexes)

  18. affecting or concerning lower body

    paranesthesia (affecting both sides of the lower body), paraballism (ballism affecting both legs)

having substituents on benzene rings on opposite carbon atoms

From French para-, from Italian para-, from para, imperative of parare (to defend, shield, shroud), from Latin parō (I prepare).

para-

  1. (obsolete, not productive) to guard against, to avert, to shield from; to provide protection against, defence from

From parachute.

para-

  1. parachute

From Paralympic.

para-

  1. disability sport
  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “para-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
  • IPA(key): /paɾa/ [pa.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para- (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. used in naming any professions

Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, beside, next to).

para-

  1. para-

From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, beside).

para-

  1. para- (all senses)

Via Italian para-, from parare, from Latin parō (to shield).

para-

  1. para- (guarding against)

From paralympique (Paralympic).

para-

  1. para- (disability sport)

Borrowed from English para-French para-Italian para-Spanish para-. Decision no. 105, Progreso III.

para-

  1. prefix denoting protection against, something to ward off
    para- + ‎pluvo (rain) → ‎parapluvo (umbrella)
    para- + ‎moskito (mosquito) → ‎paramoskito (mosquito net)
  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 169, 465
  • parai- (before a slender consonant)

From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

para-

  1. para-
Mutated forms of para-
radical lenition eclipsis
para- phara- bpara-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

para-

  1. para- (all senses)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

para-

  1. para- (resembling)
  • para- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

para- (Cyrillic spelling пара-)

  1. Para-.
    para- + ‎nàuka (science) → ‎paranauka (parascience)
    para- + ‎nȍrmālno (normally) → ‎paranormalno (paranormal)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

  • IPA(key): /paɾa/ [pa.ɾa]
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra-

para-

  1. para-

See English para-, from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).

para-

  1. para-
    para- + ‎meddyg (doctor) → ‎parafeddyg (paramedic)
    para- + ‎normal (normal) → ‎paranormal (paranormal)
    para- + ‎ymatebol (responsive, reactive) → ‎paraymatebol (parasympathetic)

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “para-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies