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語源

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παρίημι (paríēmi, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) +‎ ἵημι (híēmi, “let go”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pəˈɹiːsɪs/

名詞

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.

派生語

Further reading

• “paresis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “paresis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “paresis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

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