On Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 9:58:41 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

Well, if that person was suffering from "paresis" of the "brain" it might explain things a bit.
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