Paresis
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.
Year introduced: 1963
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Tree Number(s): C10.597.636, C23.888.592.643
MeSH Unique ID: D010291
Entry Terms:
- Pareses
- Muscle Paresis
- Muscle Pareses
- Pareses, Muscle
- Paresis, Muscle
- Muscular Paresis
- Muscular Pareses
- Pareses, Muscular
- Paresis, Muscular
- Hemiparesis
- Hemipareses
- Upper Extremity Paresis
- Extremity Pareses, Upper
- Extremity Paresis, Upper
- Pareses, Upper Extremity
- Paresis, Upper Extremity
- Upper Extremity Pareses
- Brachial Paresis
- Brachial Pareses
- Pareses, Brachial
- Paresis, Brachial
- Lower Extremity Paresis
- Extremity Pareses, Lower
- Extremity Paresis, Lower
- Lower Extremity Pareses
- Pareses, Lower Extremity
- Paresis, Lower Extremity
- Crural Paresis
- Crural Pareses
- Pareses, Crural
- Paresis, Crural
- Monoparesis
- Monopareses