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Paresis

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Definition: A general term referring to a mild to moderate degree of muscular weakness, occasionally used as a synonym for PARALYSIS (severe or complete loss of motor function). In the older literature, paresis often referred specifically to paretic neurosyphilis (see NEUROSYPHILIS). "General paresis" and "general paralysis" may still carry that connotation. Bilateral lower extremity paresis is referred to as PARAPARESIS.  remember that "paresis" is sometimes just "paralysis" in foreign lit; spastic paraparesis   
Examples Paraparesis
Other names Muscle Paresis; Hemiparesis; Upper Extremity Pareses; Paresis, Upper Extremity; Paresis, Muscular; Paresis, Muscle; Paresis, Lower Extremity; Paresis, Brachial; Pareses, Upper Extremity; Paresis, Crural; Pareses, Muscular; Pareses, Muscle; Pareses, Lower Extremity; Pareses, Crural; Pareses, Brachial; Pareses; Muscular Pareses; Muscle Pareses; Monopareses; Lower Extremity Pareses

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