paralysis
[noun]
Synonyms:
- immobility, palsy
- standstill, breakdown, halt, stoppage

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pa‧ral‧y‧sis /pəˈræləsəs, pəˈrælɪsəs/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, from paralyein 'to loosen']

1. the loss of the ability to move all or part of your body or feel things in it:
paralysis of the lower body
The snake’s poison causes paralysis.

2. a state of being unable to take action, make decisions, or operate normally:
a period of political paralysis
⇒ infantile paralysis

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

paralysis
noun
I. being unable to move your body or a part of it
ADJ. complete | partial | instant The snake's venom induces instant paralysis.
permanent | infantile
VERB + PARALYSIS be struck with | suffer from | cause, induce
PARALYSIS + VERB spread He had been crippled by a rare type of paralysis spreading from his ankle.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

paralysis
II. being unable to work in the normal way
ADJ. complete Strike leaders claimed ‘almost complete paralysis’ in the ports and mines.
emotional, political

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