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parles (pa'rlez) n. [L. paries, wall.] 

 The central division of a compart- 

 ment of Cirripedia (zool.~). 



parietal (parietal) a. [L. paries, wall] 

 Pert, or forming part of the wall of 

 an organ or structure ; appl. cells, 

 membrane, lobe (zool^) ; layer (dot.}. 



parietal bone, a paired bone of the 

 roof of the skull. 



parietomastoid (parl'etomas'toid) a. 

 [L. paries, wall ; Gk. mastos, breast.] 

 Connecting mastoid with parietal ; 

 appl. a suture (anat.}. 



parieto-occipital (pari'eto-oksip'ital) a. 

 [L. paries, wall ; occiput, back part 

 of the head.] Appl. a fissure be- 

 tween parietal and occipital lobes 

 of the cerebrum (anaf.). 



parietotemporal (pari'etotem'poral) a. 

 [L. paries, wall ; temporalis, tem- 

 porary.] Pert, parietal and tem- 

 poral regions ; appl. an artery 

 (anaf.). 



paripinnate (par'ipin'at) a. [L. par, 

 equal ; pinna, a wing.] Pinnate 

 without a terminal leaflet (hot.}. 



paroccipital (paroksip'ital) a. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; L. occiput^ back of 

 the head.] Appl. .ventrally-deted 

 processes of the exoccipitals 



paroecious (pare'shus) Si 

 beside ; oikos, a house.] 

 theridium and archegonium close.' 

 to one another ; paroicous (bot.). 



parolfactory (par'olfak'tori) a. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; L. olfactorius, ol- 

 factory.] Appl. an area and sulcus 

 adjoining the olfactory trigone of 

 the rhinencephalon (anaf.). 



paronychia (par'omk'ia) n. plu. _[Gk. 

 para, beside ; onyx, nail.] Bristles 

 on the pulvillus of an insect foot 

 (zool.\ 



paroophoron (par'ooforon) n. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; oon, egg ; pherein, to 

 bear.] A few scattered rudimentary 

 tubules, remnants of the Wolffian 

 body in the female (anaf.). 



parosteal (paros'teal) a. [Gk. para, 

 beside ; osteon, bone.] Appl. ab- 

 normal bone formations. 



parosteosis (par'osteo'sTs) n. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; osteon, bone.] Bone 

 formation in tracts normally purely 

 fibrous. 



parotic (parot'ik) n. [Gk. para, be- 

 side ; ous, ear.] A process formed 



by 1 fusion of exoccipital and opis- 

 thotic in adult lizards (zool.}. 



parotid glands, paired salivary 

 glands opening into the mouth 

 cavity of Mammals ; in some Am- 

 phibians large swellings on the side 

 of the head formed of aggregated 

 cutaneousglands, sometimes poison- 

 ous (zool.}. 



parovarium (par'ova'rium) n. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; L. ovarium, ovary.] 

 A small collection of tubules an- 

 terior to the ovary, the remnant in 

 the adult of the embryonic meso- 

 nephros (zool.~). 



parthenogenesis (par'thenojSn'esis) n. 

 [Gk. parthenos, virgin ; genesis, 

 descent.] Reproduction without 

 fertilization by a male element 

 (biol.}. 



parthenogenetic (par'thenojenet'ik) a. 



Sjk. parthenos, virgin ; genesis, 

 escent.] Appl. plants or animals 

 developed from seed or ovum with- 

 out fertilization by pollen or 

 spermatozoon (biol.\ 



parthenogonidia (par'thenb'gonld'ia) 

 n. plu. [Gk. parthenos, virgin ; 

 gonos, offspring.] Zooids of a 

 protozoan colony, with the function 

 of asexual reproduction (sool.\ 



parthenospenn (par'thenosperm) n. 



j [Gk. parthenos, virgin ; sperma, 

 seed.] A sperm produced without 

 fertilization (hot.}. 



parthenospore (par'thenospor) n. 

 [Gk. parthenos, virgin ; sporos, seed.] 

 A spore produced without fertiliza- 

 tion (bot.). 



partial involucre, see involucel. 



partial segmentation, see mero- 

 blastic. 



partial umbel, see umbellule. 



partite (par'tlt) a. [L. partitus, 

 divided.] Divided nearly to the 

 base (bot.\ 



parumbilical (par'umbil'ikal) a. [Gk. 

 para, beside ; umbilicus, the navel.] 

 Beside the navel ; appl. small veins 

 from the anterior abdominal wall 

 to the portal and iliac veins (anat.). 



patagial (pata'jlal) a. [L. patagium, 

 a border.] Pert, a patagium. 



patagiate (pata'jiat) a. [L. patagium, 

 a border.] Furnished with a 

 patagium. 



patagium (pata'jium) n. \L. patagium, 



