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False reasoning; paralogism.

Same as Paralyze.

Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory." G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the…

Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

See Paralytic.

The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.

To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- called also dicyandiamide.

A paramagnetic substance. Faraday. -- Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.

Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)

Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl.

One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.

ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.

A collector or writer of proverbs. [R.]