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-para

noun combining form
plural -paras or -parae

Definition of -PARA

:  woman delivered of (so many) children <primipara>
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Origin of -PARA

Latin, from parere to give birth to — more at pare

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24 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -para
  2. para
  3. Belém
  4. para-
  5. para-aminobenzoic acid
  6. para-aminophenol
  7. para-aminosalicylic acid
  8. para-analgesia
  9. Para Brown V
  10. para fuchsine
  11. Para grass
  12. para-hydrogen
  13. para magenta
  14. para-nitroaniline
  15. Para nut
  16. para-quinone
  17. para red
  18. Para rubber
  19. Para rubber tree
  20. para-xylene
  21. si vis pacem, para bellum
  22. Pará piassava
  23. Pará rhatany
  24. Pará sarsaparilla
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