Paretic

//pəˈɹɛtɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has paresis.
  2. 2
    a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to paresis.

    "In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row."

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"In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row."

Etymology

From paresis.

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