See Also: paramere(medicine)

throwaway (oh) and paramere (medicine)


throwaway (oh)



throwaway remark/line/comment etc
something that someone says or writes quickly, without thinking carefully about it
::It was only a throwaway comment.
::He claims people overreacted to a few throwaway lines in the article.
throwaway products have been produced cheaply so that you can throw them away after you have used them
-synonym disposable disposable
::a throwaway cigarette lighter
throwaway society
used to show disapproval when talking about modern societies in which products are not made to last a long time

paramere (medicine)


paramere
<zoology> One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.

Origin: Pref. Para- + -mere.

Source: Websters Dictionary