PARESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slight or partial paralysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("paresis" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paresis"):

paraparesis (a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs)

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