Definition of "paretic" []

• Pertaining to paresis (adjective)

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• "At that time about a fifth of all male first admissions to mental hospitals fell into the paretic category."
• "By the early twentieth century, the number of paretic admissions began to increase dramatically."
• "Nor could general hospitals pick up the slack; their concern with acute illnesses and short patient stays rendered them unsuitable for the care for paretic patients capable of surviving for as long as five years.40"