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Definition

paresis

(pă-rē'sĭs, par'ĕ-sĭs , pă-rē'sēz, par'ĕ-sēz)

Plural: pareses

[Gr. paresis, paralysis]

  1. Partial or incomplete paralysis.

    SEE: paralysis.

  2. A dated but occasionally used term for neurological complications of syphilis.

    paretic ,

    (pă-ret'ik )

    adj.

juvenile p.An obsolete term for congenital syphilis.

p. puerperalis Milk fever.