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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
Hemiplegia
, and
Paraplegia
. Also used figuratively;
as,
paralysis
of the will
.
“Utter paralysis of memory.”
G. Eliot.
Mischievous practices arising out of the
paralysis
of the powers of ownership.
Duke of Argyll (1887).

Webster 1828 Edition


Paralysis

PARAL'YSIS

,
Noun.
[Gr. to loosen, dissolve or weaken.] Palsy; the loss of the power of muscular motion, or of the command of the muscles.

Definition 2024


paralysis

paralysis

English

Noun

paralysis (plural paralyses)

  1. (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of person's body, such as one or more limbs.
  2. A state of being inable to act.
    The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.ly.sis/, [paˈra.lʏ.sɪs]

Noun

paralysis f (genitive paralysis); third declension

  1. paralysis, palsy

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in 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

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