'Paresis' definitions:
Definition of 'paresis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slight or partial paralysis
Definition of 'Paresis'
From: GCIDE
- Paresis \Par"e*sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. pa`resis, fr. parie`nai to let go; para` from + "ie`nai to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paresis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired syphilis,
- apoplexy,
- balanitis gangrenosa,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- cerebral tabes,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- clap,
- claps,
- climatic bubo,
- congenital syphilis,
- constitutional syphilis,
- diplegia,
- dose,
- dose of clap,
- fifth venereal disease,
- French disease,
- general paresis,
- gonorrhea,
- granuloma inguinale,
- granuloma venereum,
- great pox,
- hard chancre,
- hemiplegia,
- infantile paralysis,
- latent syphilis,
- locomotor ataxia,
- morbus Gallicus,
- palsy,
- paralysis,
- paralytic dementia,
- paraplegia,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- pox,
- pudendal ulcer,
- sensory paralysis,
- simple chancre,
- social disease,
- soft chancre,
- Spanish pox,
- stroke,
- syph,
- syphilis,
- syphilitic meningoencephalitis,
- tabes,
- tabes dorsales,
- tertiary syphilis,
- tropical bubo,
- VD,
- venereal disease