See Also: parathesis(medicine)
parathesis(dictionary)

parathesis (iou)



parathesis noun. . M17.
[mod. Latin from Greek = a putting beside, from paratithenai put beside, formed as PARA-1 + tithenai put: see THESIS.]
Grammar. = APPOSITION noun1 2. M-L17.
The interpolation of something in the middle of a sentence or discourse by way of explanation or exposition; a bracket used in pairs to enclose such an interpolation. M17-L18.
In Greek and Latin, the simple juxtaposition of two words without modification. M19.