pa·raph·y·sis 
(pə-răfĭ-sĭs)
(pə-răfĭ-sĭs)n. pl. pa·raph·y·ses (-sēz′)
One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.
[New Latin : PARA-1 + Greek phusis, nature, growth; see PHYSIC.]
- disinfectant
- disinfection
- disinfest
- disinfestation
- disinflation
- disinflationary
- disinform
- disinformant
- disinformation
- disinformer
- disingenuous
- disingenuously
- disingenuousness
- disinherit
- disinheritance
- disinhibit
- disinhibition
- disintegrate
- disintegration
- disintegrative
- disintegrator
- disinter
- disinterest
- disinterested
- disinterestedly