(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.