părălysis, is, f., = παράλυσις,
palsy , paralysis : paralysi mederi, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14: paralysi periclitari, id. 20, 15, 59, § 165: adulescens, paralysin cave, Petr. 120; Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55.
·noun Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; ·esp., the loss of the power of voluntary ...
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·add. ·- An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anteri...