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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL PARESIS

general paresis  [ˈdʒenərəl pəˈriːsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERAL PARESIS

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preposition
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determiner
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General paresis is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GENERAL PARESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

General paresis of the insane

General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia, is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. GPI was originally considered a psychiatric disorder when it was first scientifically identified around the nineteenth century, as the patient usually presented with psychotic symptoms of sudden and often dramatic onset. It is rare in most developed countries. General paresis is based on the chronic meningoencephalitis that leads to cerebral atrophy. Degenerative changes are associated primarily with the frontal and temporal lobar cortex. Like syphilis itself, general paralysis is also treated with penicillin. The disease affects around 7 % of infected individuals, it also prevails among men.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENERAL PARESIS


antipyresis
ˌæntɪpaɪˈriːsɪs
cataphoresis
ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs
diaphoresis
ˌdaɪəfəˈriːsɪs
diuresis
ˌdaɪjʊˈriːsɪs
electrophoresis
ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈriːsɪs
enuresis
ˌɛnjʊˈriːsɪs
hysteresis
ˌhɪstəˈriːsɪs
immunoelectrophoresis
ˌɪmjʊnəʊɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈriːsɪs
ionophoresis
aɪˌɒnəfəˈriːsɪs
iontophoresis
aɪˌɒntəʊfəˈriːsɪs
natriuresis
ˌneɪtrɪjʊˈriːsɪs
oliguresis
ˌɒlɪɡjʊˈriːsɪs
paraparesis
ˌpærəpəˈriːsɪs
paresis
pəˈriːsɪs
perichoresis
ˌpɛrɪkɒˈriːsɪs
pheresis
fəˈriːsɪs
synchoresis
ˌsɪŋkəˈriːsɪs
synderesis
ˌsɪndɪˈriːsɪs
taboparesis
ˌtæbəʊpəˈriːsɪs
uresis
jʊˈriːsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERAL PARESIS

general knowledge
general linguistics
General Manager
general medicine
general meeting
general officer
General Officer Commanding
general paralysis of the insane
general partnership
General Post Office
general power of appointment
general practice
general practitioner
general public
general science
General Secretary
general semantics
general servant

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERAL PARESIS

anaphoresis
anuresis
aphaeresis
apheresis
barophoresis
catachresis
diaeresis
dieresis
encopresis
genesis
hypothesis
Nemesis
pathogenesis
plasmapheresis
proairesis
synaeresis
syneresis
synteresis
synthesis
thesis

Synonyms and antonyms of general paresis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «general paresis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERAL PARESIS

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Translator English - Chinese

一般轻瘫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parálisis general
570 millions of speakers

English

general paresis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जनरल केवल पेशियों का पक्षाघात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخزل العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вообще парез
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paralisia geral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ পেরেসিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paralysie générale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paresis umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paralyse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一般的な麻痺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반적으로 마비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Umum paresis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liệt chung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது பரேலிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य पेरेसी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel parezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paresi generale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogólny niedowład
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взагалі парез
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pareză generală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενική πάρεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene parese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmän pares
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

generell pareser
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL PARESIS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL PARESIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about general paresis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL PARESIS»

Discover the use of general paresis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to general paresis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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General Paresis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ... the onset of tabes.
Emil Kraepelin, 2012
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General Paresis, Practical and Clinical
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII.
Robert Howland Chase, 2009
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Neurology
General Paresis (1046) General paresis appears 10- 15 years after the primary infection, and sometimes even later. It is associated with a progressive dementia and is the clinical correlate of a parenchy- mal meningoencephalitis with case- ...
Marco Mumenthaler, Heinrich Mattle, 2011
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Infections of the Central Nervous System
(65), most patients with general paresis had been infected for 10 to 24 years ( range, 2 to >30 years), and in a series by Dewhurst (66), duration of infection was 4 to 15 years, with a mean of 10.5 years. Merritt, Adams, and Solomon (9, p.
W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra, 2004
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Mental Ills and Bodily Cures: Psychiatric Treatment in the ...
Walter L. Bruetsch, American Journal of Psychiatry 102 (1946): 577-582. 20. Rudolph Kampmeier, "Wagner von Jauregg and the Treatment of General Paresis by Fever," Sexually Transmitted Diseases 7 (1980): 143. 2 1 . Wagner von Jauregg ...
Joel T. Braslow, 1997
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Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology
This is conceptually a "pathogen model" of psychopathology. This view was largely hereditarian but not necessarily so, as organically based psychopathology could be caused by innate or acquired brain dysfunctions. General Paresis By the ...
Donald K. Freedheim, Irving B. Weiner, 2003
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Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders
General paresis refers to parenchyma! cerebral involvement and tabes dorsalis to syphilitic myeloneuropathy. Syphilitic gummas, granulomas that present as space-occupying lesions in brain or cord, may occur at any stage of disseminated  ...
Walter George Bradley, 2004
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Lishman's Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry
General paresis must also be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of epilepsy of late onset, and in all acute organic reactions when other causes are not immediately obvious. Finally it is necessary to distinguish between general paresis ...
Anthony David, Simon Fleminger, Michael Kopelman, 2012
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Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 1, General Psychopathology
General paresis had already been described as a separate clinical entity in 1822, by Antoine Laurent Bayle (1799-1858). Although the causative organism of syphilis was not known, the particular psychological and neurological features of  ...
M. Shepherd, O. L. Zangwill, 1983
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Psychological Concepts and Biological Psychiatry: A ...
The most important exemplar of the biomedical model is general paresis of the insane. In 1900, general paresis accounted for one quarter of admissions to psychiatric hospitals (Pichot 1983). Rosenhan and Seligman (1995) claim that general ...
Peter Zachar, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL PARESIS»

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Cumbria's Favourite Painting Set to Sell at Auction
... capital to return to Cumberland's quiet countryside. He died, aged just 42, from “general paresis of the insane”, otherwise known as syphilis. «Cumbria Live, Jun 15»
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Secrets From the Asylum review: the celebrities have taken over in …
Winstone's great-great-grandmother's first husband (so technically, no relation) died in Colney Hatch asylum from GPI (general paresis of the ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
3
Pyromania! On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire
This dreadful state was referred to as “general paresis of the insane.” For the past two centuries, patients with neurosyphilis were pariahs ... «Discover Magazine, Jun 14»
4
The Global Search for Education: Research - Ticks
The detection of persisting spirochetes in brains of patients suffering from syphilitic meningoencephalitis (general paresis) ended the debate ... «Huffington Post, Sep 13»
5
7 Gross Wonders Across America
A significant number of patients, however, suffered from general paresis, a neurological condition caused by advanced syphilis. Today, the ... «FOX2now.com, Oct 12»
6
Alzheimer's drugs take a new tack
... spirochetal infection can cause slowly progressive dementia, cortical atrophy, and amyloid deposition in the atrophic form of general paresis. «Nature.com, Sep 12»
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What Is the “Bible of Psychiatry” Supposed to Do? The Peculiar …
This is not entirely ridiculous—in 1913 a mental illness known as general paresis of the insane was confirmed as being caused by syphilis—but ... «Discover Magazine, May 12»
8
Syphilis is on a comeback
Alberta doctors are nearly alone in the developed world in having witnessed cases of general paresis—sudden-onset psychosis caused by ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 11»
9
DC Mythbusting: Haunted DC
This was the first sign of general paresis, a condition which eventually killed him in 1885. He spent his final year in an asylum in Philadelphia, ... «We Love DC, Oct 09»
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The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
A highly common mental disorder of unknown etiology at the turn of the century, termed “general paresis,” turned out to be a late manifestation of syphilis. «About - News & Issues, Feb 02»

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