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(UK, slang) To reject, ignore, or spurn. / (UK, slang) To put or give away. / (UK, slang) To insult.

(finance) Alternative form of mint par.

(entomology) a neurosecretory center of the insect brain, located along the anterior midline.

(anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells.

(anatomy) The larger and more robust region of the tympanic membrane, consisting of three layers: skin, fibrous tissue, and mucosa.

(anatomy) Part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath.

(anatomy) A region constituting the majority of the posterior pituitary, and serving as the storage site of oxytocin and vasopressin.

(anatomy) The straight (descending) portion of the proximal tubule of the kidney, coming after the initial convoluted portion (the pars convoluta).

plural of mint par