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Paralysis

Paralysis Meaning & Definition
Paralysis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paralysis?

[n] loss of the ability to move a body part

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paralysis: palsy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paralysis: a wise passiveness | abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | apoplexy | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bleeding | blennorhea | cachexia | cachexy | catalepsy | cataplexy | chill | chills | colic | constipation | contemplation | contemplative life | convulsion | coughing | cyanosis | diarrhea | diplegia | dizziness | do-nothing policy | do-nothingism | do-nothingness | dormancy | dropsy | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | growth | hemiplegia | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | idleness | immobility | inaction | inactivity | indigestion | indolence | inertia | inertness | infantile paralysis | inflammation | insomnia | itching | jaundice | labored breathing | laissez-aller | laissez-faire | laissez-faireism | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | meditation | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | neutralism | neutrality | neutralness | noninvolvement | nonparticipation | nonresistance | nonviolence | nonviolent resistance | pacifism | pain | palsy | paraplegia | paresis | passive resistance | passive self-annihilation | passiveness | passivism | passivity | policy | polio | poliomyelitis | procrastination | pruritus | quiescence | quietism | rash | rheum | sclerosis | seizure | sensory paralysis | shock | skin eruption | sneezing | sore | spasm | stagnancy | stagnation | standpattism | stasis | stroke | tabes | tachycardia | tumor | upset stomach | vegetation | vertigo | vita contemplativa | vomiting | waiting game | wasting | watching and waiting

See Also | akinesia | akinesis | alalia | cystoparalysis | cystoplegia | diplegia | disfunction | dysfunction | Erb-Duchenne paralysis | Erb's palsy | hemiplegia | monoplegia | ophthalmoplegia | paraplegia | paresis | quadriplegia | unilateral paralysis

Paralysis In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*ral"y*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; ? beside + ? to loosen. See {Para-}, and {Loose}, and cf. {Palsy}.] (Med.) 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. ``Utter paralysis of memory.'' --G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. --Duke of Argyll (1887).

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