PARACMASTIC
\pˌaɹəkmˈastɪk], \pˌaɹəkmˈastɪk], \p_ˌa_ɹ_ə_k_m_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k]\
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By Noah Webster.
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Decreasing. An epithet for a distemper, which gradually decreases. Also, according to Galen, the period of life when a person is said to grow old, which he places at from 35 to 49, after which he is said to be old-a definition that would not suit us at the present day.-Gorraens, and Castelli.
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).