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Paresis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Slight or partial paralysis.

n. General paresis.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.

n. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An incomplete degree of paralysis.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a slight or partial paralysis

Word Usage

"In this case the patient dies for want of nourishment; either in three or four weeks, of the inirritative fever; or without quick pulse, by what we have called paresis irritativa."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

paralysis palsy

Cross Reference

general paresis

Hyponym

paraparesis

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

stutterer fasciculation gonorrhea vulvar leucorrhoea costiveness quadriceps broncho-pneumonia paresthesia hemiplegia