pareness.html - (People and Society) see -line

pareness.html - n.
1 Anat. the functional part of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
2 Bot. the cellular material, usu. soft and succulent, found esp. in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.

parenchymal adj. parenchymatous adj. [Gk paregkhuma something poured in besides (as PARA-(1), egkhuma infusion f. egkheo pour in)]

pareness.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a person who has begotten or borne offspring; a father or mother.
2 a person who has adopted a child.
3 a forefather.
4 an animal or plant from which others are derived.
5 a source or origin.
6 an initiating organization or enterprise.

--v.

tr. (also absol.) be a parent of.

parent company a company of which other companies are subsidiaries. parent-teacher association a local organization of parents and teachers for promoting closer relations and improving educational facilities at a school.

parental adj. parentally adv. parenthood n. [ME f. OF f. L parens parentis f. parere bring forth]

pareness.html - n.
lineage; descent from or through parents (their parentage is unknown). [ME f. OF (as PARENT)]

pareness.html - adj.
Med. administered or occurring elsewhere than in the alimentary canal.

parenterally adv. [PARA-(1) + Gk enteron intestine]

pareness.html - n.
(pl. parentheses)
1 a a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, and usu. marked off by brackets or dashes or commas. b (in pl.) a pair of round brackets () used for this.
2 an interlude or interval.

in parenthesis as a parenthesis or afterthought. [LL f. Gk parenthesis f. parentithemi put in beside]