Link Centre Dictionary

paralysis

pa·ra·ly·sis

US/pəˈɹæləsəs/ fairly common

noun

1.

loss of the ability to move a body part

Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.

Phrases

  • analysis paralysis
  • Australian paralysis tick
  • Brown-Séquard's paralysis
  • Chronic bee paralysis virus
  • fowl paralysis
  • general paralysis
  • general paralysis of the insane

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.