Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemiparesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-pare-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Muscular weakness that affects only one side of the body.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English paresis English hemiparesis From hemi- + paresis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hemipareses (plural)

Questions

What does hemiparesis mean?: Muscular weakness that affects only one side of the body.
Where does hemiparesis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English paresis English hemiparesis From hemi- + paresis.

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