paresis
/pəˈriːsɪs/noun
(pl. pareses /-siːz/)
1- Medicine a condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease; partial paralysis【医】不完全麻痹; 轻瘫。
1.1
- （亦作general paresis）[mass noun] inflammation of the brain in the later stages of syphilis, causing progressive dementia and paralysis（梅毒后期大脑炎症引起的）麻痹性痴呆; 全身性麻痹。
派生词
paretic
adjective词源
late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek parienai 'let go', from para- 'alongside' + hienai 'let go'.