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hemiparesis /hemi·pa·re·sis/ (-pah-re´sis) paresis affecting one side of the body.

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Slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body. Also called hemiamyosthenia.

hemiparesis

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Etymology: Gk, hemi + paralyein, to be palsied

muscular weakness of one half of the body. Compare hemiplegia .

hemiparesis [hem″e-pah-re´sis]

paresis (paralysis) affecting one side of the body.

hemiparesis

paresis affecting one side of the body.

hemiparesis

Neurology Weakness of one side of the body

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