Paralysis

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; ·esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. ·see Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.

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paralysis
părălysis, is, f., = παράλυσις, palsy , paralysis : paralysi mederi, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14: paraly...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Infantile paralysis
·add. ·- An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anteri...

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