-paresis
Suffix Medical Terminology
Partial paralysis or weakness.
Example: hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body)
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Related terms
- -osisAbnormal condition or increase.
- -ostomy, -stomySurgical creation of an opening.
- -otomy, -tomyCutting into; incision.
- -ousPertaining to or having the quality of.
- -pathyDisease.
- -peniaDeficiency or too few.
- -pexySurgical fixation.
- -phagiaEating or swallowing.