Todd's paresis

noun

Focal weakness in all or part of the body after a seizure, typically affecting the limbs.

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Meanings

nounTodd's paresis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFocal weakness in all or part of the body after a seizure, typically affecting the limbs.

Origin

Named after Robert Bentley Todd (1809–1860), an Irish-born London physiologist who first described the phenomenon in 1849.

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Todd's paresis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Todd's%20paresis

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Todd's paresis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Todd's%20paresis.

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