Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0765 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-paresis: Partial Paralysis
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The idea
The suffix paresis names partial paralysis or muscular weakness.
In practice
Hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body.
Where people slip
Plegia is complete; paresis is partial. The same prefixes attach to both.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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