paralysis

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (paralusis, “palsy”), from παραλύειν (paraluein, “to disable on one side”), from παρά (para, “beside”) + λύειν (luein, “loosen”).

Noun

paralysis (plural paralyses)

1. (pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of person's body, such as one or more limbs.

Translations

loss of muscle control

• Arabic: شلل (ar) (shálal) m
• Catalan: paràlisi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 癱瘓 (cmn), 瘫痪 (cmn) (tānhuàn), 麻痹 (cmn) (mábì) (traditional variant: 痲痺 (cmn))

• Crimean Tatar: nüzül
• Czech: ochrnutí (cs) n
• Dutch: verlamming (nl) f
• Esperanto: paralizo (eo)
• Finnish: halvaus (fi)
• French: paralysie (fr) f
• German: Paralyse (de) f, Lähmung (de) f
• Greek: παράλυση (el) (parálysē)

• Hebrew: שיתוק (he)
• Hindi: पक्षाघात (hi) (pakṣāghāt)
• Icelandic: lömun (is) f
• Italian: paralisi (it)
• Japanese: まひ状態 (ja) (まひじょうたい, mahi-jōtei), 麻痺 (ja) (まひ, mahi)
• Korean: 마비 (ko) (mabi) (痲痺 (ko))
• Latin: paralysis (la)
• Portuguese: paralisia (pt) f
• Romanian: paralizie (ro) f
• Russian: паралич (ru) (paralíč) m, парализованность (ru) (paralizóvannost') f
• Spanish: parálisis (es)
• Swedish: paralys (sv) c, förlamning (sv) c
• Turkish: felç (tr), inme (tr)

Derived terms

• paralyse/paralyze
• paralytic

See also

• paraplegia
• quadriplegia

External links

• paralysis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• paralysis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• paralysis at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Noun

paralysis (genitive paralysis); f, third declension

1. paralysis, palsy

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	paralysis	paralysēs
genitive	paralysis	paralysium
dative	paralysī	paralysibus
accusative	paralysim paralysem	paralysīs paralysēs
ablative	paralysī paralyse	paralysibus
vocative	paralysis	paralysēs