paroniria (paroniria)

[NL., The seeming contradiction of a poor antithesis;... the jingle of a more poor paronomasia . Dryden, To Sir R. Howard. My learned friend had dined that day with Mr. Swan, the famous punster; and desiring him to give me some account of Mr. Swan's conversation, he told me that he generally talked in the Paronomasia, that he sometimes gave into the Ploce, but that in his humble opinion he shined most in the Antanaclasis. Add is on, Spectator, No. 61. =Syn. A onance, etc. See pun. IMG:content-2370.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-2371.jpg:[blocks in formation] paronymic (par-ō-nim'ik), a . [ paronym + -ic.] Parotia (pa-rō'ti-ä), n. [NL., parotis , the Of, or of the nature of, a paronym; par ony parotid gland: see parotis .] A genus of para- mous. dise-birds of the family Paradiseidæ , founded paronym i zati on (pa-ron-i-mi-zā'shon), n . paronymize + -ation.] The formation of parosix-shafted bird of paradise, so called from the three pairs nyms. Also spelled paronym is at i on . The names be given an English aspect by parony- misation. Proc. Amer . A oc. Adv . Sci ., July, 1885, p. 529. The application of the principle of paronymy in a given case is paronym i zati on , and the word is said to be parony- mized. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, VIII. 519. paronymize (pa-ron'i-miz), v . t .; pret. and pp. paronym i zed , ppr. paronym i zing . [ paronym +-ize.] To transform or convert into a paro- nym, as a word; render paronymous. Also spelled paronymise . translated into inelegant or misleading heteronyms, e. g. pedunculus is Anglicized as peduncle, not footlet. IMG:content-2372.jpg:[graphic] paronymous (pa-ron'i-mus), a . [ νυμος , derivative: see paronym . ] 1. B Having the lied; conjugate same derivation; allied in origin; radically al- 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 cla , we apply the epithet conjugate, or, more rarely, that of parony- Marsh, Lects. on the Eng. Lang., xxvi. 2. Having the same or a like sound, but differ- ing in orthography and signification: as, all , awl ; ball , bawl ; hair , hare .-3. Derived from paronymy (pa-ron'i-mi), n. [ paronymie , παρωνυμία , derivation, inflection, 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; homo synonymy; isonymy. paroöphoritis (par-o-of-ō-rītis), n. [ pa- roöphoron + -it is .] Inflammation in the neigh- borhood of the ovary. paroöphoron (par-o-of'ō-ron), n.; pl. paroöpho- ra (-ra). [NL., παρά , beside, + NL. oopho- ron, q. v.] A vestige of the urinary part of the Wolffian body in the female, corresponding to the organ of Giraldès in the male. It consists of scattered tubular remnants, situated in the broad ligament, nearer the uterus than is the parovarium. paropsis (pa-rop's is), n. [NL., παρά , beside, + ὄψις , vision.] Disorder of sight-perception. paroptesis (par-op-te's is), n. [NL., τησις , & half-roasting, παρά , beside, near, + όπτησις , a roasting, ὀπτᾶν , roast.] See meta- morphism . paroquet (par'ō-ket), n. Same as parrakeet . paroquet-bur (par'ō-ket-bėr), n. Any plant of the genus Triumfetta , the name alluding to the echinate capsule. Also burweed . [Jamaica.] paroral (pa-rō'ral), a. [ παρά , 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 Oxytrichidæ. par orchid (pa-rôr'kid), n. Same as par orchis . par orchis (pa-rôr'kis), n.; pl. par or chides (-ki- dēz). [NL., παρά , beside, + όρχις , a tes- ticle.] The epididymis. paronychial (par-o-nik'i-al), a. [ paronychia + -al .] Having the character of paronychia. Paronychieæ (pärō-ni-ki'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL., Paronychia + ex .] A tribe of plants of the order Illecebraceæ , distinguished by the annu- lar embryo, scarious stipules, and involucrate bracts, and including 9 genera, of which Paro- nychia and Anychia are the best-known. Also The vasa efferent i a pa to a par orchis . Gegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 617. parosmia (pa-ros'mi-ä), n. [NL., pathol . , a perversion of the sense of smell; olfactory illusion. parosmis (pa-ros'mis), n . [NL.: see parosmia . ] Same as parosmia . parosphresis (par-os-frē'sis), n. [NL., όσφρησις , smell.] Same as pa- rosmia . par osteosis (pa-ros-tē-ō'sis), n.; pl. par osteoses (-sēz). [NL., παρά , beside, + ὀστέον , bone, + -osis . Cf. osteosis .] The development of bone in integument; dermal o ification, or a dermal bone. parostia (pa-ros'ti-ä), n. [NL., παρά , be- side, + ὀστέον , bone.] Defective or disordered o ification. nym . teosis . see parotis .] I. n. 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 ear in the rece behind and partly within the ramus of the jaw. Its IMG:content-2373.jpg:[graphic] duct, called the duct of Stenson, runs acro the cheek horizontally, pierces the buccinator muscle, and discharges saliva into 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 IMG:content-2374.jpg:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-2375.png:[blocks in formation] II. a. Situated beside the ear; parotic or parotoid.-Parotid arteries, small branches of the external carotid to the parotid gland. - Parotid duct, the duct of the parotid gland. Also called Stenson's duct, from Nil Stenson or Nicol a us Sten on i an us, and frequent ly Sten on i an or Steno's duct. See cut under parotid, -Parotid gland. See I., 1.-Parotid lymphatic glands, three or four small glands situated beneath the parotid fascia, and more or le embedded in the substance of the parotid salivary gland: the largest lies immediately in front of the tragus of the ear. - Parotid nerves, branches of the auriculotemporal nerve, supplying the parotid gland.- Parotid veins, tributaries of the facial and temporal veins. parotiditis (pa-rot-i-dī'tis), n. [NL., gland. See mumps. Also called parotitis. parotion (pa-rō'ti-on), n. [Gr. παρώτιον: see parotis.] In Gr. archæol., a covering or ornament for the ear; a parotid.