PARALYSIS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | pu'ralisis
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| Matching Terms: | | paralysis agitans
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] loss of the ability to move a body part |
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| | Synonyms: | | palsy |
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| | See Also: | | akinesia, akinesis, alalia, cystoparalysis, cystoplegia, diplegia, disfunction, dysfunction, Erb-Duchenne paralysis, Erb's palsy, hemiplegia, monoplegia, ophthalmoplegia, paraplegia, paresis, quadriplegia, unilateral paralysis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Complete or partial inability to move a part of the body. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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