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Paraparesis

Definition: Paraparesis

Paraparesis

Noun

1. A slight paralysis or weakness of both legs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Paraparesis

DomainDefinitions

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Paraparesis

Specialty definitions using "paraparesis": HTLV-IParaparesis, Spastic. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Paraparesis

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Paraparesis

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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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paraparesis

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

paraparesis

11

paraparesis spastic

7

tropical spastic paraparesis

5
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Modern Translations: Paraparesis

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.

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Anagrams: Paraparesis

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Paraparesis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100001 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5067846782678471857585

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INDEX

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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