Para

n.	1.	A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
	1.	The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.
	2.	Short for Pará rubber.

Noun	1.	para - (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" Synonyms: parity
	2.	para - 100 para equal 1 dinar
	3.	para - a soldier in the paratroops Synonyms: paratrooper
	4.	Para - an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows Synonyms: Para River
	5.	Para - port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin Synonyms: Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem

gestation, maternity, midwifery, OB, obstetrics, parity, pregnancy, tocology