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English Dictionary: paralysis by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paralysis
n
  1. loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis, palsy]
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).
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