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Download this dictionary. parado. (adj.) = stuck ; stagnating ; unmoving ; motionless ; stationary. Ex: Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems. Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
parÂ·aÂ·meÂ·ciÂ·um. (pÄrâ²É-mÄâ²sÄ-Ém, -shÄ-Ém) n. pl. parÂ·aÂ·meÂ·ciÂ·a (-sÄ-É, -shÄ-É) or parÂ·aÂ·meÂ·ciÂ·ums. Any of various slipper-shaped freshwater ciliate protozoans of the genus Paramecium, having an oral groove for feeding. [New Latin ParamÄcium, genus name, from Greek paramÄkÄs, oblong in shape : para-, alongside; see para-1 + mÄkos, length; see mÄk- in Indo-European roots.]