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paresis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈɹiːsɪs/ (UK)
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Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παρίημι (paríēmi, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) + ἵημι (híēmi, “let go”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
2. (countable, uncountable) Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
   • "You really touch the limit," said he. "You enlarge my view of the possible. Cerebral paresis! Mental inertia! Wonderful!" He was too absurd to make me angry. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

hemiparesis · quadriparesis · taboparesis · tetraparesis · general paresis · monoparesis · psychoparesis · gastroparesis · Todd's paresis · ophthalmoparesis · paraparesis · diparesis

Translations (9)

de Parese (partial paralysis) · sv pares (partial paralysis) · fr parésie (partial paralysis) · cs paréza (partial paralysis) · hu részleges bénulás (partial paralysis) · te అసంపూర్ణ పక్షవాతము (partial paralysis) · it paresi (partial paralysis) · fi pareesi (partial paralysis) · hu parézis (partial paralysis)