paralysis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of being unable to act.

Sinonieme

palsy

numbness

rheumatism

polio

paraplegia

hemiplegia

stupor

disability

gout

halt

hold-up

incapability

insensibility

insensible

numb

obstruction

paralytic

paralyzed

paresis

pause

poliomyelitis

sciatica

standstill

stopping

stupefaction

tie-up

torpid

unfit

unserviceable

weakness

anaesthesia

arthritis

cerebral palsy

impotence

stroke

pulmonary apoplexy

stop

🛑

paralyzation

apoplexy

atrophy

block

blockage

deadness

disorganization

dullness

Vertalings

paralysie

parálisis

paralisi

Lähmung

paralisia

Paralyse

verlamming

paràlisi

παράλυση

paralysis

شلل

felç

inme

paralyse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈɹæləsəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.