paralysis

Signification (Anglais)

  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.

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pəˈɹæləsəs/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

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