different between inefficacy vs paralysis

English

Etymology

From in- +? efficacy.

Noun

inefficacy (usually uncountable, plural inefficacies)

1. The condition of being ineffective

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parálusis, “palsy”), from ????????? (paralúein, “to disable on one side”), from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ????? (lúein, “loosen”). Doublet of palsy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p???æl?s?s/

Noun

paralysis (countable and uncountable, plural paralyses)

1. (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
2. A state of being unable to act.

Synonyms

• immobility
• palsy

Derived terms

Related terms

• paralyse/paralyze
• paralytic

Translations

See also

• paraplegia
• quadriplegia

Further reading

• paralysis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• paralysis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• paralysis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (parálusis, “palsy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?ra.ly.sis/, [pä??äl?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa?ra.li.sis/, [p?????lis?is]

Noun

paralysis f (genitive paralysis or paralyse?s or paralysios); third declension

1. paralysis, palsy

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• English: palsy, paralysis

References

• paralysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paralysis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette