On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 10:58:42 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "barbie gee" > wrote in message
> hcrg.pbz...
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 27 May 2016, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know what paresis is. I did look it up. Means partial paralysis.
> >
> > many common medical terms have Latin or Greek word origins;
> >
> > "gastroparesis" comes from two words;
> >
> > gastro = "of or relating to the stomach"
> > paresis = "a condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or
> > disease; partial paralysis."
> > His using "paresis" may have been shorthand for the full term,
> > "gastroparesis".
> >
> > another example is when you see "-itis" at the end of a medical term, it's
> > an "inflammation of"
> >
> > "gastritis" is an inflammation of the stomach.
> > (gastr(o) and itis)
> >
> > "appendicitis" is an inflammation of the appendix.
> > (appendi(x) and (c)itis)
> >
> > It helps to know some of these Latin word parts so when we go to the
> > doctor and they give us some medical diagnosis, we can have a clue of what
> > it is, without having to resort to a dictionary.
> >
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_roots,_suffixes_and_prefixes>
> >
>
> I know a lot of medical terms. Just never heard that one before.

How on earth could a person have gastroparesis and not be able to
discern what "paresis" means without looking it up?

Cindy Hamilton