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parataxic

adj para·tax·ic \ˌpar-ə-ˈtak-sik\

Medical Definition of PARATAXIC

:  relating to or being thinking in which a cause and effect relationship is attributed to events occurring at about the same time but having no logical relationship—compare prototaxic

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