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Definition of Para

1. Noun. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered. "A bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"

2. Noun. 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia.

3. Noun. A soldier in the paratroops.

4. Noun. An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows.

5. Noun. Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin.

Definition of Para

1. n. A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Definition of Para

1. Proper noun. State in northern Brazil which has Belém as its capital. ¹

2. Noun. Formerly, a subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word. ¹

4. Noun. A paragraph. ¹

5. Noun. A paratrooper. ¹

6. Adjective. (Australia slang) very drunk ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Para

1. a woman's status regarding the bearing of offspring [n PARAS or PARAE]

Medical Definition of Para

1. 1. A woman who has given birth to one or more infants. Para followed by a roman numeral or preceded by a Latin prefix (primi-, secundi-, terti-, quadri-, etc.) designates the number of times a pregnancy has culminated in a single or multiple birth; e.g. Para I, primipara; a woman who has given birth for the first time, para II, secundipara; a woman who has given birth for the second time to one or more infants. Compare: gravida. Origin: L. Pario, to bring forth 2. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism. Denotes a departure from the normal, involvement of two like parts or a pair, adjacent, alongside, near, etc. 3. (p-). In chemistry, and italicised prefix two substitutions in the benzene ring arranged symmetrically, i.e., linked to opposite carbon atoms in the ring. Compare: ortho-, meta-. Origin: G. Alongside of, near (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Para

papyrography papyrologies papyrologist papyrologists papyrology papyrus papyruses paquebot paquebots par

par excellence par for the course par value par yield par yields para (current term) para- para-actinomycosis para-aortic bodies para-appendicitis

para I para aminobenzoic acid para nut para red para reds para rubber para rubber tree paraaminobenzoic acid

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