English > paralysis: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | Loss of the ability to move a body part. |
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| Synonym | palsy |
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| Narrower | Erb's palsy, Erb-Duchenne paralysis | paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth) |
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| akinesis, akinesia | motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis |
| alalia | paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak |
| cystoplegia, cystoparalysis | paralysis of the urinary bladder |
| diplegia | paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body |
| hemiplegia, unilateral paralysis | paralysis of one side of the body |
| monoplegia | paralysis of a single limb |
| ophthalmoplegia | paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) |
| paresis | A slight or partial paralysis |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of both arms and both legs |
| Broader | dysfunction, disfunction | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
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| Spanish | anquilosamiento, marasmo, parálisis, paralización, perlesía, tullidez |
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| Catalan | paràlisi |
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| Adjectives | paralytic, paralytical | relating to or of the nature of paralysis |
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| paralytic | affected with paralysis |
