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Definition: Paraparesis |
ParaparesisNoun1. A slight paralysis or weakness of both legs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Mild to moderate loss of bilateral lower extremity motor function, which may be a manifestation of spinal cord diseases; peripheral nervous system diseases; muscular diseases; intracranial hypertension; parasagittal brain lesions; and other conditions. (references) |
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Crosswords: Paraparesis |
| Specialty definitions using "paraparesis": HTLV-I ♦ Paraparesis, Spastic. (references) |
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Health | Paraparesis often progresses to paraplegia (paralysis of the legs and lower part of the trunk). (references) | |
In cerebral palsy, these terms are typically combined with another phrase that describes the distribution of paralysis and weakness, e.g., paraparesis. (references) | ||
Symptoms are mild and may include spastic paraparesis of the lower limbs, ataxia, hypertonia (excessive muscle tone), mild peripheral neuropathy, and urinary problems. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paraparesis | 11 |
paraparesis spastic | 7 |
tropical spastic paraparesis | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "paraparesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | paraparese. (various references) | |
Dutch | paraparesis. (various references) | |
French | paraparésie. (various references) | |
German | Paraparese. (various references) | |
Greek | παραπαρεσία. (various references) | |
Italian | paraparesi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | araparesispay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | paraparesia. (various references) | |
Spanish | paraparesia. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-p-p-r-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: appraisers. | |
-2 letters: appraiser, appraises, apprisers. | |
-3 letters: appraise, appriser, apprises, aspirers, pareiras, praisers, spiraeas. | |
-4 letters: appears, apprise, arrases, arrises, aspirer, aspires, pareira, paresis, parises, parries, parsers, praiser, praises, raisers, rapiers, rappers, raspers, raspier, repairs, rippers, ripraps, sappers, sappier, sarapes, sierras, sippers, sparers, sparser, spiraea, spireas. | |
-5 letters: airers, appear, arises, aspers, aspire, paisas, papers, parers, paries, parser, parses, passer, pipers, pisser, praise, prases, priers, prises, raiser, raises, rapers, rapier, rapper, rasers, rasper, repair, repass, ripper, riprap, risers, sapper, sarape, sarsar, sepias, serais, sierra, sipper, sirras, sparer, spares, sparse, spears, speirs, spiers, spirea, spires, sprier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-i-p-p-r-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: reappraisals. | |
+5 letters: paraprofessional. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 61 70 61 72 65 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- .--. .- .-. . ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100001 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a p a r e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 0070 0061 0072 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067846782678471857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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