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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.

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