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paralysis

noun

pa·​ral·​y·​sis pə-ˈra-lə-səs How to pronounce paralysis (audio)
plural paralyses pə-ˈra-lə-ˌsēz How to pronounce paralysis (audio)
1
: complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body
2
: loss of the ability to move
3
: a state of powerlessness or incapacity to act

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The disease causes a paralysis of the legs. The whole country is in a state of paralysis. They are trying to end the political paralysis that has been gripping the country.
Recent Examples on the Web Then in June in New York, a previously healthy man in his 20s was hospitalized with fever and leg paralysis before testing positive for polio. Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022 Not everyone who gets infected with polio experiences paralysis. Andrea Kane, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 The announcement came three weeks after a man in Rockland County, New York, north of the city, was diagnosed with polio that left him with paralysis. Joseph Goldstein And Sharon Otterman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 About 1 in 200 people who contract poliovirus will present with paralysis as one of their symptoms. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Before the polio vaccine was introduced in the 1950s, thousands of Americans died in polio outbreaks and tens of thousands, many of them children, were left with paralysis. Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022 Officials said the person had presented with paralysis but wouldn’t say if the patient was still dealing with that side effect. Nancy Cutler, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 Mono, also called Epstein-Barr Syndrome sometimes, is not associated with facial paralysis. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2022 While not as serious as ingestion, lithium batteries stuck in an ear or nose can cause significant injuries, such as perforation of the nasal septum or the eardrum, hearing loss, or facial nerve paralysis, according to the report. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek, from paralyein to loosen, disable, from para- + lyein to loosen — more at lose

First Known Use

1525, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paralysis was in 1525

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