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paralysis

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

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cycloplegia

English

Etymology

cyclo- +? -plegia

Noun

cycloplegia (countable and uncountable, plural cycloplegias)

  1. paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation

Related terms

  • cycloplegic

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