paralysis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paralysis /pəˈralɪsɪs/
▶noun (pl. paralyses /-siːz/)
- 1 the loss of the ability to move part or most of the body.
- 2 inability to act or function.
– origin C16: via L. from Gk paralusis, from paraluesthai ‘be disabled at the side’.
'paralysis' also found in these Oxford entries:
Bell's palsy
- cerebral palsy
- decompression sickness
- diplegia
- electrotherapy
- general paralysis of the insane
- GPI
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- hemiplegia
- infantile paralysis
- monoplegia
- ophthalmoplegia
- palsy
- paralyse
- paralytic
- paraparesis
- paraplegia
- paresis
- -plegia
- poliomyelitis
- ptosis
- quadriplegia
- spastic
- spina bifida
- taser
- wrist-drop
