parvo-, parvi- +
(Latin: [parvus] small, little; minute, minuscule)
Little things contribute to perfection, and perfection is not a little thing.
—John Rayoa
multum in parvo
"Much in little": a useful phrase for praising a message or a reference book that conveys a lot of information in few words.
Applied to articles of small bulk but of great comprehensiveness.
parvalbumin
A small calcium-binding protein in vertebrate skeletal muscle.
parvalbumins
Low molecular weight, calcium binding muscle proteins. Their physiological function is possibly related to the contractile process.
parvanimity, parvanimous
1. Smallness of mind.
2. A small-minded person; small-minded.
parvenu
Someone who has recently become wealthy or risen to a higher position in society but who is still considered as inferior by established wealthy and powerful people.
parvicellular
Composed of small cells.
parvifolious
Having small leaves.
parvilocular cyst
A tumor composed of multiple small cysts.
parvipotent, parvipotence
1. Having little power.
2. Having limited power or authority.
parvipsoas, parvipsoatic
Small psoas (lumbar) muscle.
parvirostrate
Having a slender beak.
parviscient
Knowing little; having little knowledge; ignorant.
parvitude, parvity
Smallness, very little.
Parvis e glandibus quercus.
Great things have small beginnings.
parvity
Smallness. Now only in parvity of matter (after post-classical Latin parvitas materiae); triviality, especially regarding a sin or crime.
parvocellular
Consisting of, designating, or relating to neurons with small cell bodies; especially, those of the visual pathway between the retina and the striate cortex of the brain.
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