Paresis

A condition characterized by partial loss of movement, or impaired movement.

Muscle weakness; incomplete paralysis; term often used instead of general paralysis.

Weakness of organic origin; incomplete paralysis.

An organic mental disease resulting from the invasion of the brain and spinal cord by syphilis.

Alternate term for a type of paralysis in which the muscles are not rigid but rather weak and floppy.

Weakness; slight or partial paralysis. General paresis can also more specifically refer to a disease of the brain caused by syphilis of the central nervous system. Its symptoms include mental and emotional instability and general weakness.

Muscular weakness caused by disease of the nervous system. It implies a lesser degree of weakness than paralysis, although the two words are often used interchangeably.

Weakness or partial paralysis of a part of the body.