paralysis

nounattested in dialogue

United States//pəˈɹæləsəs//

The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.

noun

1
The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
2
A state of being unable to act.
The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.
Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.
Will this decision-making paralysis continue until Great British Railways has been established and settled into a new rhythm? If so, passengers on the West of England line are in for a rough ride, as the reliability of these tired old British Rail trains inevitably declines, and maintenance costs rise.

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.

Forms

plural: paralyses

paradox · An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be…paragraph · A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line…parallel · Equally distant from one another at all points.

paralysis · The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.

paralyzed · Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.paramedic · A person trained to medically stabilize people through…paramount · Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

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