SINCE 1828
parataxic
adjective
para·tax·ic
| \ ˌpar-ə-ˈtak-sik
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Medical Definition of parataxic
: relating to or being thinking in which a cause and effect relationship is attributed to events occurring at about the same time but having no logical relationship — compare prototaxic
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