| 单词 | parainfluenza |
| 释义 | parainfluenza in British Englishnoun any of a number of viruses causing influenza-like symptoms, esp in children parainfluenza in American English (ˌpærəˌɪnfluˈɛnzə) noun any of various influenza-like respiratory infections, esp. of children, caused by a paramyxovirus parainfluenza in American English (ˌpærəˌɪnfluːˈenzə) noun Pathology & Veterinary Science an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of severalparamyxoviruses Word origin [1955–60; para-1 + influenza]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, life-support, new wave, rollout, softwarepara- is a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbalderivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activitiesauxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupationalroles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of ahigher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional (paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice)Examples of 'parainfluenza' in a sentence |
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