paraparetic
- adjective
- /ˌpærəpəˈrɛtɪk/
- Specialized
:
parapléjico
- After the accident, she was left paraparetic, struggling to walk without assistance.
- paraparetic patient
Examples
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Seventeen of these 18 suffered from hemiplegia of a vascular origin, while one was paraparetic due to a traumatic injury at the C7 level.
Academic text (1991) -
In the paraparetic male patient, aged 33, 17 months after traumatic brain injury (Table 2), two different muscle combinations were stimulated to demonstrate the effect of a different stimulation approach on the gait pattern.
Academic text (1992) -
For the patients, with the exception of the paraparetic patient, this ratio was calculated for the unaffected versus the affected LE.
Academic text (1991) -
There were four right-side hemiplegic, three left-side hemiplegic, two quadriparetic patients, and one paraparetic patient at an average of 5 years after the injury (onset range = 2.5 months to 25 years).
Academic text (1992) -
The doctors explained that the paraparetic man would need extensive rehabilitation to regain his mobility.
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The therapist created a specialized program for her paraparetic patients to help improve their strength.
Antonyms
How Paralyzed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paraparetic comes from para- ('partial' or 'beside') and -paretic from a root meaning 'weakness', the same idea you see in paralysis. So, paraparetic describes someone or a condition with partial weakness or partial paralysis in the legs.