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PARETIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paretic mean?
• PARETIC (noun)
The noun PARETIC has 1 sense:
1. a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)
Familiarity information: PARETIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("paretic" is a kind of...):
paralytic (a person suffering from paralysis)
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