paralysis
The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
Other meanings
A state of being unable to act.
“The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.”
Related words
- semiparalysis
- stethoparalysis
- Chronic bee paralysis virus
- chronic bee paralysis virus
- fowl paralysis
- acroparalysis
- analysis paralysis
- angioparalysis
- Australian paralysis tick
- general paralysis
- paralysis agitans
- paralysis by analysis
Word history
From Ancient Greek "παράλυσις" (palsy).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “paralysis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.