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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.
``Utter paralysis of memory.'' --G. Eliot.
Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of
the powers of ownership. --Duke of
Argyll (1887).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
paralysis
n : loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {palsy}]
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