paretic

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English

Etymology

From paresis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

paretic (comparative more paretic, superlative most paretic)

  1. Pertaining to paresis.
    • 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
      In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row.

Noun

paretic (plural paretics)

  1. A person who has paresis.

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