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countable and uncountable, plural pareses
A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas. examples
Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis. quotations examples
"You really touch the limit," said he. "You enlarge my view of the possible. Cerebral paresis! Mental inertia! Wonderful!" He was too absurd to make me angry.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton