paronomastic 
paronomastic (par"o-no-mas'tik), a. [<. paro- 
nomasia + -ast-ic.] Pertainingto or of the na- 
ture of paronomasia ; consisting in a play upon 
words ; punning. 
paronomastical (par'o-no-mas'ti-kal), a. [< 
paronomastic + -al.] ' Same as paronomastic. 
Dr. H. More, To the Seven Churches, Pref. 
paronomasy (par-o-nom'a-si), n. [= P. paro- 
nomasie = Sp. Pg. It. paronomasia, < L. paro- 
nomasia, a pun: see paronomasia,] Same as 
paronomasia. 
Marry, we must not play or riot too much with them, as 
in paronomasies. B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
paronychia 1 (par-o-nik'i-a), . [= F. parony- 
chie, whitlow, = Sp. paroniquia, whitlow-grass, 
= ?g.panaricio = tt.paronichia,<Ij.paronychia, 
ML. also, after It., etc., panarido, < Gr. xapuw- 
xia, a whitlow, < wood, beside, + bvv% (bvvx-), 
nail: see onyx. Cf.onychia.] 1. In pathol., in- 
flammation about the nail ; whitlow. 2. [cap.] 
[NL. (A. L. de Jussieu, 1815).] A genus of apet- 
alous plants of the order Illecebracex, type of 
the tribe Paronychieee, known by the involu- 
crate calyx of five hooded segments, each with a 
horn, point, or awn on the back. There are about 
45 species, of warm and temperate climates Arabia, the 
Mediterranean region, and America. They are small erect 
or spreading herbs, usually dichotomously branched, with 
4298 
paronymic (par-o-nim'ik), a. [(.paronym + -ic.] 
Of, or of the nature of, a paronym; parony- 
mous. 
paronymization (pa-ron"i-mi-za'shon), . [< 
paronymize + -ation] The formation of paro- 
nyms. Also spelled paronymisatimi. 
The names ... be given an English aspect by parony- 
misatian. Proc, Amer. Assoc. Ado. Set., July, 1886, p. 529. 
The application of the principle of paronymy in a given 
case is paronymization, and the word is said to be parony- 
mized. Buck's Handbook ofMed. Sciences, VIII. 519. 
paronymize (pa-ron'i-miz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
paronymized, ppr. paronymizing. [< paronym 
+ -ize.] To transform or convert into a paro- 
nym, as a word; render paronymous. Also 
spelled paronymise. 
The Latin words are commonly paronymized rather than 
translated into inelegant or misleading heteronyms, e. g. 
pedunculus is Anglicized as peduncle, not footlet.. 
Nation, July 18, 1889. 
paronymous (pa-ron'i-mus), a. [< Gr. irapu- 
vv/fof, derivative : see paronym.] 1. Havingthe 
same derivation ; allied in origin ; radically al- 
lied; conjugate: as, wise, wisely, wisdom; man, 
manhood, mankind. 
To pairs of words derived from the same root, and dif- 
ferenced in meaning only by grammatical class, we apply 
the epithet conjugate, or, more rarely, that of parony- 
mous. Marsh, Lects. on the Eng. Lang., xxvi. 
2. Having the same or a like sound, but differ- 
ing in orthography and signification: as, all, 
ami; ball, bawl; liair, hare. 3. Derived from 
a word in another language with some slight 
modification of form. See paronym, 2. 
paronymy (pa-ron'i-mi), . [< F. paronymie, 
< Gr. napavv/fia, derivation, inflection, < irap&- 
vv/wf, derivative: see paronym, paronymous.] 
1. The quality of being paronymous. 2. The 
formation of a word from a word of another lan- 
guage by change of termination or other slight 
modification; the principle involved in such 
transference of words from one language to an- 
other; homosynonymy; isonymy. 
The relation between the Latin pons and the French 
parotid 
Parotia (pa-ro'ti-ii), n. [NL., < L. parotis, the 
parotid gland : see parotis.] A genus of para- 
dise-birds of the family Paradiscidie, founded 
by Vieillot in 1816. The species is P. sexpennis, the 
six-shafted bird of paradise, so called from the three pairs 
pont is one of paronymy; but between pons and the Eng- 
lish bridge it is one of heteronymy. 
Buck's Handbook of MeA. Sciences, VIII. 519. 
Flowering Plant of Whitlowwort (Paronychia dithefoma). 
a, a flower, showing the calyx ; *, a flower, longitudinal section, 
showing a part of the calyx, the bristle-like petals, the stamens, and 
the pistil. 
narrow opposite leaves, and conspicuous shining silvery 
stipules. Their minute flowers are usually hidden be- 
tween the stipules in dense axillary clusters. The genus 
has the general names of nailwort and wlutlowwart. The 
flowers of P. argentea and P. capilata furnish an article 
known as Arabian or Algerian tea (which see, under tea). 
P. aroyrocoma, the silver chickweed, or, as recently named, 
silverhead, is a scarce rock-loving species found in the 
mountains of the eastern United States, rendered beautiful 
by numerous small silvery heads covering its bushy top. 
paronychia 2 , n. Plural of paronychium. 
Paronychiaceae (par-o-nik-i-a'se-e), n.pl. [NL. 
(Lindley, 1845), < L. paronychia (see parony- 
chia 1 ) + -aceee.] Same as ParonychiesB. 
paronychial (par-o-nik'i-al), a. [< paronychia 
+ -ai] Having the character of paronychia. 
Paronychieae (par"6-ni-ki'e-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Paronychia + -ex.] A tribe of plants of the 
order Illeeebraceee, distinguished by the annu- 
lar embryo, searious stipules, and involucrate 
bracts, and including 9 genera, of which Paro- 
nychia and Anychia are the best-known. Also 
Paronychiaceas. 
paronychium (par-6-nik'i-um), n. ; pi. paro- 
nychia (-a). [NL., < Gr. irapa, beside, + NL. 
onychium. Cf. paronychia 1 .] In en torn., a bris- 
tle-like organ on the onychium, between the un- 
gues or terminal claws of the foot: there may 
be one or more to each tarsus. 
paronym (par'o-nim), n. [Also paronyme ; < F. 
paronyme, < Gr. vap(nnifiof, derivative : see pa- 
ronymous.] 1. A word which is a derivative 
from another. 
Plato was determined to preserve the dignified associa- 
tions of Being and its paronyms for the abstract studies 
he delighted to honor. Amer. Jour. Philol., IX. 290. 
2. A word of one language which translates a 
word of another with only a difference of ter- 
mination or other slight change, as English 
canal for the Latin canalis : opposed to hetero- 
paroophoritis (par-o-of-o-ri'tis), n. [< pa- 
roiiplioron + -itis.] Inflammation in the neigh- 
borhood of the ovary. 
paroophoron (par-o-of 'o-ron), n. ; pi. paroiipho- 
ra (-ra). [NL., < (Jr. Ttdpa, beside, + NL. oo'pho- 
ron, q. v.] A vestige of the urinary part of the 
Wolffian body in the female, corresponding to 
the organ of Giraldes in the male. It consists 
of scattered tubular remnants, situated in the 
broad ligament, nearer the uterus than is the 
parovarium. 
paropsis (pa-rop'sis), n. [NL. ,< Gr. nupa, beside, 
-I- oipif, vision.] Disorder of sight-perception. 
paroptesis (par-op-te'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. irap6ir- 
rr/aif, a half-roasting, < vapd, beside, near, + 
bKTTiait, a roasting, < 'OTTTOV, roast.] See meta- 
morphism. 
paroquet (par'o-ket), n. Same as parraJceet. 
paroquet-bur (par'o-ket-b6r), n. Any plant of 
the genus Triumfetia, the name alluding to the 
echinate capsule. Also bnrweed. [Jamaica.] 
paroral (pa-ro'ral), a. [< Gr. vap&, beside, + 
L. os (or-), mouth, + -al.] Situated at the 
side of the mouth or oral aperture : specifical- 
ly applied to the fringe of cilia at the side of 
the adoral series in some infusorians, as the 
Oj-ytrichidee. 
parorchid (pa-ror'kid), n. Same as parorchis. 
parorchis (pa-ror'kis), n. ; pi. parorchides (-ki- 
dez). [NL., < Gr. irapd, beside, + opxif, a tes- 
ticle.] The epididymis. 
The vasa eft erentla pass to a parorchis. 
Oegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 617. 
parosmia (pa-ros'mi-a), n. [NL., < Gr. iropd, 
beside, + bo/if/, smell. ]' Inpathol., a perversion 
of the sense of smell ; olfactory illusion. 
parosmis (pa-ros'mis), n. [NL. : see parosmia.] 
Same as parosmia. 
parosphresis (par-os-fre'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
napa, beside, + 6o-0pj?ovf, smell.] Same as pa- 
rosmia. 
parosteosis (pa-ros-te-o'sis), n. ; pi. parosteoses 
(-sez). [NL.,< Gr. irapa, beside, -r barton, bone, 
+ -osis. Cf. osteosis.] The development of bone 
in integument ; dermal ossification, or a dermal 
bone. 
parostia (pa-ros'ti-a), . [NL., < Gr. napa, be- 
side, -I- bareov, bone.] Defective or disordered 
ossification. 
parostosis (par-os-to'sis), n. Same as paros- 
teosis. 
Six-shafted Paradise-bird (Parotia stxfettnis). 
of spatulate feathers which spring from the head. The 
plumage is lustrous-black set off with an iridescent breast- 
plate glancing golden-bronze and steel-blue. It inhabits 
Papua. 
parotic (pa-rot'ik), a. [< Gr. irapa, beside, + 
oi'f (UT-) = E. ear. Cf. parotis.] Situated about 
the outer ear; auricular: as, the parotic region; 
the parotic cartilage of some reptiles Parotic 
process. See the quotation. 
In the great majority of the Lacertilia (as in the Che- 
Ionia), the side-walls of the skull, in the region of the ear, 
are produced into two broad and long parotic processes, 
into the composition of which the opisthotic, occipital, 
and prodtic bones enter. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 189. 
parotid (pa-rot'id), n. and a. [= F.parotide = 
Sp. paroiida = Pg. parotida = It. parotide, < 
L. parotis (parotid-), < Gr. vapurif 
the parotid gland: 
seeparotis] I. TO. 1. 
The parotid gland, a 
lobulated racemose 
gland situated near 
the ear, secreting sa- 
liva, which is poured 
into the mouth by a 
special duct. In man 
the parotid is much the 
largest of the three pairs 
of salivary glands, and is 
deeply situated near the 
ear in the recess behind 
and partly within the 
ramus of the jaw. Its 
duct, called the duct 
Of Stenson, runs across Parotid, or Parotid Gland. 
the cheek horizontally, 
pierces the buccinator muscle, and discharges saliva into 
the mouth opposite the second upper molar tooth. See 
also cut under salivary. 
2. In many types of ancient Greek helmets, an 
ear-guard or side-guard, a piece on either side 
Parotid. Head of Athene Farnese, ML 
of the helmet arranged to shield the ear and the 
side of the head by stopping a down ward blow. 
Sometimes it was a rig'id piece or wing projecting diago- 
nally upward from the helmet; sometimes it was hinged 
