Para-

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Para \Pa*ra"\, n. [Turk., fr. Per. p[=a]rah a piece.]
     A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part
     of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Par'a \Pa*r['a]"\, n.
     1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport
        on this arm.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Short for {Par['a] rubber}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Para-anaesthesia

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Para- \Par"a-\ [Gr. para` beside; prob. akin to E. for- in
     forgive. Cf. {For-}.]
     1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against,
        amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox,
        that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting:
        (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the
            substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the
            name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde,
            paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification.
        (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or
            radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are
            opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2
            and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid.
            Cf. {Ortho-}, and {Meta-}. Also used adjectively.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  para
       n 1: (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has
            delivered; "the parity of the mother must be
            considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to
            two children" [syn: {parity}]
       2: 100 para equal 1 dinar
       3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: {paratrooper}]
       4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River
          flows [syn: {Para River}]
       5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port
          and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: {Belem},
           {Feliz Lusitania}, {Santa Maria de Belem}, {St. Mary of
          Bethlehem}]