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pareses

pareses is the plural of paresis.

Meaning of paresis

Noun

paresis (countable and uncountable, plural pareses)

  1. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
  2. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
    • "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.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about pareses

What is pareses the plural of?
Pareses is the plural of paresis.

Words near pareses in the dictionary

  1. parergy
  2. parers
  3. pares
  4. pares down
  5. pares to the bone
  6. pareses
  7. Paresi
  8. paresis
  9. Paressi
  10. parestheses
  11. paresthesia

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