paralysis

Pronunciation: /pəˈɹæləsəs/

The English word “paralysis” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
A state of being unable to act.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.

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