para-, par-

An error in chronology; usually taken as one in which an event, etc., is referred to a later date than the true one.

A point or period at which the prime or highest vigor in one's life is past; the point when the crisis of a fever is past.

Any kind of abnormal hearing.

1. Impaired hearing.
2. Auditory illusions or hallucinations.

Ectopic pregnancy; a gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.

Often occurring in the fallopian tube with abdominal pain, fainting, and/or vaginal bleeding.

1. A perverted appetite for fluids, ingested without relation to bodily needs.
2. An abnormally increased appetite for fluids, which are ingested without a bodily need.

1. A statement or tenet contrary to received opinion or belief; often with the implication that it is marvellous or incredible; sometimes with unfavorable connotation, as being discordant with what is held to be established truth, and hence absurd or fantastic; sometimes with favorable connotation, as a correction of vulgar error.
2. A statement or proposition which on the face of it seems self-contradictory, absurd, or at variance with common sense; though, on investigation or when explained, it may prove to be well-founded.
3. Often applied to a proposition or statement that is considered to be self-contradictory, or contradictory to reason or ascertained truth; and so, essentially absurd and false. “More haste, less speed” is one example of a paradoxical statement.

1. Contrary to common opinion.
2. Apparently inconsistent with itself, or with reason, though in fact true; also, really inconsistent with reason, and so, absurd or irrational.
3. Exhibiting some contradiction with known laws or with itself; not in accordance with what is theoretically reasonable or possible; now said especially of natural phenomena that deviate from the normal or are hard to reconcile with known scientific laws.

The utterance or practice of paradox.

A disordered or perverted sense of taste.

A reference to a disordered or perverted sense of taste; parageusis.

A distinct passage or section of a discourse, chapter, or book, dealing with a particular point of the subject, the words of a distinct speaker, etc., whether consisting of one sentence or of a number of sentences that are more closely connected with each other than with what stands before and after.