paralysis
Babylon English English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
paralysis
n. palsy, condition in which one or more parts of the body become immobile (due to nerve or brain damage, etc.)

Wikipedia English The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed with paralysis. The word comes from the Greek παράλυσις, "disabling of the nerves", itself from παρά (para), "beside, by" + λύσις (lusis), "losing" and that from λύω (luō), "to lose".

See more at Wikipedia.org...


© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
WordNet 2.0 DictionaryDownload this dictionary
paralysis

Noun
1. loss of the ability to move a body part
(synonym) palsy
(hypernym) dysfunction, disfunction
(hyponym) akinesis, akinesia


Babylon English-CzechDownload this dictionary
paralysis
n. ochrnutí; kolaps

Babylon English-PolishDownload this dictionary
paralysis
Rzecz. paraliż


| paralysis in French | paralysis in Italian | paralysis in Spanish | paralysis in Dutch | paralysis in Portuguese | paralysis in German | paralysis in Russian | paralysis in Japanese | paralysis in Greek | paralysis in Korean | paralysis in Turkish | paralysis in Hebrew | paralysis in Arabic | paralysis in Thai | paralysis in Polish | paralysis in Czech | paralysis in Catalan | paralysis in Croatian | paralysis in Serbian | paralysis in Urdu | paralysis in Bulgarian | paralysis in Danish | paralysis in Finnish | paralysis in Norwegian | paralysis in Romanian | paralysis in Swedish | paralysis in Farsi | paralysis in Macedonian | paralysis in Latin | paralysis in Hindi | paralysis in Indonesian | paralysis in Vietnamese | paralysis in Mongolian | paralysis in Pashto | paralysis in Malay | paralysis in Filipino