paresis noun. ['parɪsɪs] L17.
[mod. Latin from Greek = letting go, paralysis, from parienai, formed as PARA-¹ + hienai let go.]
Medicine.
1. Partial or incomplete paralysis. L17.

2. In full general paresis. Chronic inflammation of the brain and meninges, occurring in tertiary syphilis and causing progressive dementia and general paralysis. Also called general paralysis (of the insane). M19.

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