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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)
- (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
- 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
- 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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tetraplegia
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ?????- (tetra-, “four”) + ????? (pl?g?, “blow”).
Noun
tetraplegia (countable and uncountable, plural tetraplegias)
- Paralysis of all four limbs.
- Complete paralysis from below the jaw.
Synonyms
- quadriplegia
Translations
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tetr?ple?i?/, [?t?e?t?r?p?le??i?]
- Rhymes: -e?i?
- Syllabification: tet?rap?le?gi?a
Noun
tetraplegia
- tetraplegia
Declension
Italian
Etymology
From tetra- +? -plegia.
Noun
tetraplegia f (plural tetraplegie)
- quadriplegia
- Synonym: quadriplegia
Anagrams
- pretagliate
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