"Roy" > wrote in message
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> 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.
> ====

I know what gastroparesis means. But he merely said that he had paresis. In
looking that up, I determined that it could be anything.