paresis

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παριέναι (pariénai, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) +‎ ἰέναι (iénai, “let go”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹiːsɪs/

paresis (countable and uncountable, plural pareses)

1. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
2. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "You really touch the limit," said he. "You enlarge my view of the possible. Cerebral paresis! Mental inertia! Wonderful!" He was too absurd to make me angry.

• “paresis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “paresis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “paresis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Arispes, Parises, Serapis, aspires, praises, spireas