paresis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παριέναι (pariénai, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) + ἰέναι (iénai, “let go”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paresis (countable and uncountable, plural pareses)
- A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
- Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]partial paralysis
Further reading
[edit]- “paresis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “paresis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “paresis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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