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parenteral
parenthesis
parenthesize
parenthetical
parenting
parents’ evening
pareo
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Pareto efficiency
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paresis
pa·re·sis [ pə rssiss, párrəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
partial inability to move: muscular weakness or partial inability to move caused by disease of the nervous system
[Late 17th century. < Greek, "letting go" < para "aside" + hienai "to throw"]
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