Thesaurus: paralysis

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1. n. 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.
2. n. loss of the ability to move a body part
3. 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).
4. Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., theloss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that ofsensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, andParaplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory." G.Eliot.Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers ofownership. Duke of Argyll (1887).
5. n:100 n. loss of the ability to move a body part