para-, par-

Characterized by an orientation movement of an organ or structure to bring it parallel to the soil surface: Geoparallotropic roots of certain plants are lateral to the top of the ground, whereas tap roots grow perpendicular to the surface of the ground.

An orientation movement of an organ or structure to bring it parallel to the soil surface: Geoparallotropism can be seen in creepers that have long, fragile, and weak stems or roots.

A nonphotosynthetic parasite that must obtain carbohydrates found in the host plant phloem (food-conducting tissue of a plant). A parasitic flowering plant that lacks chlorophyll (nonphotosynthetic) and must rely totally on the contents of the xylem (woody part of plants; supporting and water-conducting tissue) and the phloem of the host plant.

1. A secondary parasite capable of development within a previously existing parasite.
2. An organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
3. A parasite that preys on another parasite.

Muscle weakness, or paralysis, without loss of reflex activity, in which no organic lesion can be demonstrated.

A parasite that decomposes nonliving organic matter to obtain nutrients that are then absorbed through cell membranes.

1. An organism associated with a particular disease and able to modify its coarse, but not serving as the actual causal agent; or to put it another way: a microorganism found in conjunction with a disease process that, while capable of modifying the course of the disease, is not its cause.
2. A pathogenic parasite that attacks only already diseased tissues.

An organism that can exist only as a parasite.

A simple and concise story that conveys a spiritual or ethical meaning: By reading a parable about the fox's sour grapes in his book, Jack discovered that it also applied to his own situation of not getting what he wanted.