As the doctor completed an examination of the patient, he said:
- I can"t find a cause for your complaint. Frankly, I think it"s due to drinking.
- In that case, - said the patient, - I"ll come back when you"re sober.
- scene of this. [place in hell in milton's paradise lost: related to *pan-, *demon]
PANELBEATER
n. Person who beats out the metal panels of vehicles.
PAPERHANGER
n. Person who hangs wallpaper, esp. For a living.
PAPERWEIGHT
n. Small heavy object for keeping loose papers in place.
PARACETAMOL
n. - drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever.
- tablet of this. [from para-acetylaminophenol]
PARAMEDICAL
adj. (of services etc.) Supplementing and assisting medical work.
PARATROOPER
n. Member of a body of paratroops.
PARATYPHOID
n. (often attrib.) Fever resembling typhoid.
PARENTHESIS
n. (pl. Parentheses) 1 a explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a sentence etc., and usu. Marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas. B (in pl.) Round brackets ( ) used for this.
- interlude or interval. parenthetic adj. Parenthetically adv. [greek: related to *para-1, *en-2, *thesis]
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