paresis
/pəˈɹiːsɪs/noun
paresis is a noun meaning “A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-R-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of paresis is pareses.
What does paresis mean?
noun
- 1
A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
- 2
Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce paresis?
- UK /pəˈɹiːsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-paresis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of paresis
- pareses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is paresis?
Paresis appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Paresis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense partial paralysis:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does paresis come from?
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πάρεσις (páresis, “letting go, paralysis”), from παρίημι (paríēmi, “relax”), from παρα- (para-) + ἵημι (híēmi, “let go”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).