a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

bring up

the state of being a parent

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

the descendants of one individual

designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

a quality appropriate to a parent

in a parental manner

having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates

administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)

located outside the alimentary tract

by parenteral means

either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

a message that departs from the main subject

a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components

qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses

an expression in parentheses

qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses

an expression in parentheses

in a parenthetical manner

the state of being a parent

having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates