Found 3 items, similar to paralysis.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: paralysis
kelumpuhan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: paralysis
paralysis
n : loss of the ability to move a body part [syn:
palsy]
[also:
paralyses (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Paralysis
Paralysis
\Pa*ral"y*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. para`lysis, fr.
paraly`ein to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para`
beside + ly`ein 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; as,
paralysis of the will.
“Utter paralysis of memory.” --G.
Eliot.
[1913 Webster]
Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of
the powers of ownership. --Duke of
Argyll (1887).
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