Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, a part.

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  • noun Plural form of par.

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Examples

  • "i think we shouldnt beable to shot right next to the campers but we should beable to use guns in national parks. anyone who doesnt want guns in national pars is just an antigun idiot .."

    Locked & Loaded in Parkland 2009

  • i think we shouldnt beable to shot right next to the campers but we should beable to use guns in national parks. anyone who doesnt want guns in national pars is just an antigun idiot lookin to tigntin the leash on gn owners even f their are no logical arguments against the guns in parks

    Locked & Loaded in Parkland 2009

  • "i think we shouldnt beable to shot right next to the campers but we should beable to use guns in national parks. anyone who doesnt want guns in national pars is just an antigun idiot .."

    Locked & Loaded in Parkland 2009

  • i think we shouldnt beable to shot right next to the campers but we should beable to use guns in national parks. anyone who doesnt want guns in national pars is just an antigun idiot lookin to tigntin the leash on gn owners even f their are no logical arguments against the guns in parks

    Locked & Loaded in Parkland 2009

  • The Bulb of the Vestibule (bulbus vestibuli; vaginal bulb) is the homologue of the bulb and adjoining part of the corpus cavernosum urethræ of the male, and consists of two elongated masses of erectile tissue, placed one on either side of the vaginal orifice and united to each other in front by a narrow median band termed the pars intermedia.

    XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 5. The External Organs 1918

  • This double layer is known as the pars ciliaris retinæ, and can be traced forward from the ciliary processes on to the back of the iris, where it is termed the pars iridica retinæ or uvea.

    X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918

  • But he had a three-hole stretch of not making any pars, which is what makes Lefty so entertaining.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • The nucleus isthmii is divided into two parts, called pars magnocellularis (Imc; "the part with the large cells") and pars parvocellularis (Ipc; "the part with the small cells").

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Imc is also sometimes called pars semilunaris, because it is shaped like a half-moon, or rather crescent-moon, in cross-section.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Your smiles and laughter are the last lights that play around the white hairs of an aged duke; your winsome tendernesses are the dreams of a young man who writes "pars" about you on Friday, and dines with you on Sunday; you are an ideal in many lives which without you would certainly be ideal-less. '

    Mike Fletcher A Novel 1892

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