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para-

prefix (SIMILAR)
 
 
/pær.ə-/ US  /per.ə-/

Definition

similar to, or helping to do a similar job: a paramedic paramilitarySimilar and the sameDescribing people with the same qualities
(Definition of para- prefix (SIMILAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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