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para·pe·de·sis -pə-'dē-səs n, pl -de·ses -.sēz passage of an excretion or secretion (as bile) through an abnormal channel (as blood vessels instead of the bile ducts)* * *
para·pe·de·sis (par″ə-pə-deґsis) [para- + Gr. pēdēsis a leaping] passage of body substances into channels not normally conveying them, as of bile pigments into the blood capillaries.
Medical dictionary. 2011.