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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pa·ral·y·sis       [puh-ral-uh-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ses       [-seez] Pronunciation Key.
1.Pathology.
a.a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord.
b.a disease characterized by this, esp. palsy.
2.a state of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike caused a paralysis of all shipping.
[Origin: bef. 1150; < L < Gk parálysis, equiv. to paraly-, var s. of paralȳ́ein to loosen (i.e., disable) on one side (para- para-1 + lȳ́ein to loosen) + -sis -sis; r. ME paralisi(e) < OF < L, as above; r. late OE paralisin (acc.) < L, as above; cf. palsy]
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pa·ral·y·sis       (pə-rāl'ĭ-sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pa·ral·y·ses (-sēz')
    1. Loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, usually as a result of damage to its nerve supply.
    2. Loss of sensation over a region of the body.
  2. Inability to move or function; total stoppage or severe impairment of activity: fear that led to national paralysis.


[Latin, from Greek paralusis, from paralūein, to disable, loosen : para-, on one side; see para-1 + lūein, to release; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

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paralysis 
1525, from Gk. paralysis, lit. "loosening," from paralyein "disable, enfeeble," from para- "beside" + lyein "loosen, untie," cognate with L. luere "to loose, release, atone for, expiate," O.E. for-leosan "to lose, destroy," losian "to perish, be lost" (see lose). Earlier form was paralysie (c.1380, see palsy). O.E. equivalent was lyft adl (see left (adj.)). Paralyze is 1804, from Fr. paralyser (16c.), from O.Fr. paralisie "paralysis," from L. paralysis, from Gk. Paralytic (adj.) is first attested c.1300; the noun is from c.1380.

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paralysis

noun
loss of the ability to move a body part 

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paralysis       (pə-rāl'ĭ-sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
Loss or impairment of voluntary movement or sensation in a part of the body, usually as a result of neurologic injury or disease.

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paralysis [(puh-ral-uh-sis)]

The loss of voluntary movement in a body part. Paralysis results from damage to the nerves that supply the affected part of the body.


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paralysis pa·ral·y·sis (pə-rāl'ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. pa·ral·y·ses (-sēz')

  1. Loss of power of voluntary movement in a muscle through injury or through disease of its nerve supply.
  2. Loss of sensation over a region of the body.

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Paralysis

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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