English Dictionary: paralysis | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paralysis \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. [bd]Utter paralysis of memory.[b8] --G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. --Duke of Argyll (1887). |