Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Paresis of one lateral half of the body.

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  • noun medicine muscular weakness that affects only one side of the body

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Examples

  • Further, during a radiation session, Gene had developed hemiparesis weakness on one side of the body and was now in a wheelchair.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • It stated further that “during radiation, patient had an acute left-sided hemiparesis requiring wheelchair at home.”

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Symptoms occur within 15 minutes to 38 hours post ingestion of filter feeding shellfish (mussels, clams) from endemic areas. 8,10 Neurotoxic findings of ASP include mutism, hemiparesis, memory loss, purposeless chewing, coma and seizures.

    Fish poisonings and envenomations 2010

  • The Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA) was incorporated in 1999 to provide assistance, information and counseling to families of children who have hemiplegia, hemiparesis, or childhood stroke.www. hemikids.org

    Web sites about childhood stroke 2010

  • Further, during a radiation session, Gene had developed hemiparesis weakness on one side of the body and was now in a wheelchair.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • It stated further that “during radiation, patient had an acute left-sided hemiparesis requiring wheelchair at home.”

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Additionally, as many as five cases of partial paralysis were reported, including Bell's palsy (face), Guillain-Barre syndrome (legs), hyopaesthesia (loss of sense of touch) and hemiparesis (severe weakening or paralysis of half the body).

    Mandated HPV Vaccine at Question in UK 2009

  • In a well-designed 1993 Scandinavian study by Dr. Kurt Johansson, seventy-eight stroke patients with severe hemiparesis, or slight weakness or paralysis affecting only one side of the body, were treated with either acupuncture or occupational therapy.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • In a well-designed 1993 Scandinavian study by Dr. Kurt Johansson, seventy-eight stroke patients with severe hemiparesis, or slight weakness or paralysis affecting only one side of the body, were treated with either acupuncture or occupational therapy.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • It usually results from middle cerebral artery occlusion but may occur without hemiparesis.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

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