-paresis

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Partial paralysis or weakness.

Example: hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body)

Sources

• Medical-Surgical Nursing, Chapter 15 Key Terms · OpenStax
• Neurological Principles and Rehabilitation of Action Disorders: Common Clinical Deficits (Sathian et al.) · PubMed Central (NLM)

Related terms

• -osisAbnormal condition or increase.
• -ostomy, -stomySurgical creation of an opening.
• -otomy, -tomyCutting into; incision.
• -ousPertaining to or having the quality of.
• -pathyDisease.
• -peniaDeficiency or too few.
• -phagiaEating or swallowing.
• -phasiaSpeech.

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