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Webster 1913 Edition
Paralysis
Pa-ral′y-sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
παράλυσις
, fr. παραλύειν
to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; παρά
beside + λύειν
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
“Utter paralysis of memory.” Hemiplegia
, and Paraplegia
. Also used figuratively; as,
. paralysis
of the willG. Eliot.
Mischievous practices arising out of the
paralysis
of the powers of ownership. Duke of Argyll (1887).
Webster 1828 Edition
Paralysis
PARAL'YSIS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
paralysis
paralysis
English
Noun
paralysis (plural paralyses)
- (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of person's body, such as one or more limbs.
- A state of being inable to act.
- The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.
Derived terms
Translations
loss of muscle control
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See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.ly.sis/, [paˈra.lʏ.sɪs]
Noun
paralysis f (genitive paralysis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paralysis | paralysēs |
| genitive | paralysis | paralysium |
| dative | paralysī | paralysibus |
| accusative | paralysem paralysim |
paralysēs paralysīs |
| ablative | paralyse paralysī |
paralysibus |
| vocative | paralysis | paralysēs |
References
- paralysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paralysis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.