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   paralysis

   /pəˈralɪsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury: "the fast-acting venom causes paralysis, breathing difficulties, and sometimes death" Similar immobilitypowerlessnesslack of sensationnumbnessdeadnessincapacitydebilitationparaplegiaquadriplegiatetraplegiamonoplegiahemiplegiadiplegiaparesisparaparesisdated:palsy
   • ▪ inability to act or function properly: "the paralysis gripping the country" Similar shutdownimmobilizationstoppagehaltstandstillstopping

   Word Origin late Old English, via Latin from Greek paralusis, from paraluesthai ‘be disabled at the side’, from para ‘beside’ + luein ‘loosen’.

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