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Slight paralysis
Answer for the clue "Slight paralysis ", 7 letters:
paresis
Alternative clues for the word paresis
Word definitions for paresis in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Paresis is a condition typified by a weakness of voluntary movement, or partial loss of voluntary movement or by impaired movement. When used without qualifiers, it usually refers to the limbs, but it can also be used to describe the muscles of the eyes ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a slight or partial paralysis
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"partial paralysis," 1690s, Modern Latin, from Greek paresis "letting go, slackening of strength, paralysis," from stem of parienai "to let go," from para- (see para- (1)) + hienai "to send, throw" (see jet (v.)).
Usage examples of paresis.
Why does the apologist leave unmentioned the symptoms following the subsequent experiments,--the pallor and depression, the blue lips, the difficulty in locomotion, the decided paresis and rigidity of muscles, the profound unconsciousness, THE FINAL PARALYSIS?
It appeared, according to the visiting laryngologist, that there was paresis of the vocal fold from damage to either the recurrent laryngeal nerve or from mechanical dislocation of a cricoarytenoid joint.