Paralysis - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈræləsɪs|  American pronunciation of the word paralysis
Brit.  |pəˈrælɪsɪs|  British pronunciation of the word paralysis

noun

- loss of the ability to move a body part (syn: palsy)

Extra examples

The disease causes a paralysis of the legs.

The whole country is in a state of paralysis.

They are trying to end the political paralysis that has been gripping the country.

The paralysis of the leadership leaves the army without its supreme command.

The snake's poison causes paralysis.

...read a pamphlet on the toxin responsible for botulism, a food poisoning that can cause paralysis and even death in some cases...

The paralysis must have been due to an abolition of sensation.

The Duke had been stricken by paralysis.

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