Paresis Health Dictionary

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Paresis: From 3 Different Sources

Partial paralysis or weakness of 1 or more muscles.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
A state of partial PARALYSIS.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. muscular weakness caused by disease of the nervous system. It implies a lesser degree of weakness than *paralysis, although the two words are often used interchangeably.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Tabo-paresis

n. a late effect of syphilitic infection of the nervous system in which the patient shows features of *tabes dorsalis and *general paralysis of the insane.... tabo-paresis

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