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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. loss of the ability to move a body part Source: wordnet
  3. 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). Source: webster
  4. 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). Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. loss of the ability to move a body part Source: ecdict

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