paremptosis

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• paremptosis — par emp*to sis (p[a^]r [e^]mp*t[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., from Gr. pare mptwsis a coming in beside; para beside + empiptein to fall in.] Same as {Parembole}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …   History of philosophy