Usually means: Placement of words as explanation.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. parathesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. parathesis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parathesis: Wordnik
  4. parathesis: Wiktionary
  5. Parathesis, parathesis: Dictionary.com
  6. Parathesis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. parathesis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Parathesis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. parathesis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. parathesis: FreeDictionary.org
  11. parathesis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. parathesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (parathesis)

noun:  (grammar) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
noun:  (rhetoric) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
noun:  (printing) The matter contained within brackets.
noun:  A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
noun:  An abstract idea that embodies a shared social worldview.

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