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1. (n.) paralysis
a loss or impairment of movement or sensation in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord.
2. paralysis
a disease characterized by this, esp. palsy.
3. paralysis
a state of helpless stoppage or inability to act.
Etymology: (< NL: lit., shaking paralysis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) paralysis, palsy
loss of the ability to move a body part
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1. (noun) paralysis
the inability to move the body
paralysis of the muscles of the forearm
2. paralysis
the inability to function
The power failure caused paralysis of the subway system.
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| Definition of 'PARALYSIS' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) PARALYSIS
abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. PARALYSIS
A general term most often used to describe severe or complete loss of muscle strength due to motor system disease from the level of the cerebral cortex to the muscle fiber. This term may also occasionally refer to a loss of sensory function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p45)
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Sense: a loss of the ability to move
The paralysis affects his legs.
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 Afrikaans: verlamming |
 Arabic: شَلَل |
 Bulgarian: парализа |
 Brazilian: paralisia |
 Czech: ochrnutí, obrna |
 German: die Lähmung |
 Danish: lammelse |
 Greek: παράλυση |
 Spanish: parálisis |
 Estonian: halvatus |
 Farsi: از کارافتادگی |
 Finnish: halvaus |
 French: paralysie |
 Hebrew: שִׁיתוּק |
 Hindi: लकवा, अंगघात, पक्षाघात, ग |
 Croatian: paraliza, ukočenost |
 Hungarian: (meg)bénulás |
 Indonesian: kelumpuhan |
 Icelandic: lömun |
 Italian: paralisi |
 Japanese: まひ |
 Korean: 마비 |
 Lithuanian: paralyžius |
 Latvian: paralīze |
 Malay: kelumpuhan |
 Dutch: verlamming |
 Norwegian: lammelse |
 Polish: paraliż |
 Persian: از کارافتادگی |
 Pashto: شل، شوټ، له كاره وتلى، |
 Portuguese: paralisia |
 Romanian: paralizie |
 Russian: паралич |
 Slovak: obrna |
 Slovenian: ohromelost |
 Serbian: paraliza |
 Swedish: förlamning |
 Thai: อัมพาต |
 Turkish: felç |
 Taiwanese: 癱瘓 |
 Ukrainian: параліч |
 Urdu: فالج، لقوہ |
 Vietnamese: chứng liệt |
 Chinese: 瘫痪 |
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