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Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
Arthur Helps

Meaning of "paralysis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARALYSIS

Via Latin from Greek paralusis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARALYSIS

paralysis  [pəˈrælɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARALYSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paralysis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARALYSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paralysis

Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. About 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed with some form of paralysis, transient or permanent. The word comes from the Greek παράλυσις, "disabling of the nerves", itself from παρά, "beside, by" and λύσις, "loosing" and that from λύω, "to loose".

Definition of paralysis in the English dictionary

The first definition of paralysis in the dictionary is impairment or loss of voluntary muscle function or of sensation in a part or area of the body, usually caused by a lesion or disorder of the muscles or the nerves supplying them. Other definition of paralysis is a disease characterized by such impairment or loss; palsy. Paralysis is also cessation or impairment of activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARALYSIS


analysis
əˈnælɪsɪs
autocatalysis
ˌɔːtəʊkəˈtælɪsɪs
catalysis
kəˈtælɪsɪs
cryptanalysis
ˌkrɪptəˈnælɪsɪs
cyclodialysis
ˌsaɪkləʊdaɪˈælɪsɪs
dialysis
daɪˈælɪsɪs
electroanalysis
ɪˌlɛktrəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
electrodialysis
ɪˌlɛktrəʊdaɪˈælɪsɪs
haemodialysis
ˌhiːməʊdaɪˈælɪsɪs
hemodialysis
ˌhiːməʊdaɪˈælɪsɪs
hydrolysis
haɪˈdrɒlɪsɪs
hypnoanalysis
ˌhɪpnəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
metanalysis
ˌmɛtəˈnælɪsɪs
microanalysis
ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
narcoanalysis
ˌnɑːkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
overanalysis
ˌəʊvərəˈnælɪsɪs
photocatalysis
ˌfəʊtəʊkəˈtælɪsɪs
psychoanalysis
ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
reanalysis
ˌriːəˈnælɪsɪs
urinalysis
ˌjʊərɪˈnælɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARALYSIS

paralogize
paralogy
Paralympian
Paralympic
Paralympic Games
Paralympics
paralysation
paralyse
paralysed
paralyser
paralyses
paralysingly
paralysis agitans
paralytic
paralytically
paralyzation
paralyze
paralyzed
paralyzer
paralyzingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARALYSIS

blot analysis
cost analysis
cost-benefit analysis
factor analysis
fibrinolysis
glycolysis
hemoptysis
in the last analysis
infantile paralysis
lysis
market analysis
numerical analysis
proteolysis
pyrolysis
qualitative analysis
quantitative analysis
sales analysis
self-analysis
spectroscopic analysis
systems analysis
transactional analysis

Synonyms and antonyms of paralysis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PARALYSIS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «paralysis» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of paralysis

Translation of «paralysis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARALYSIS

Find out the translation of paralysis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paralysis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paralysis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

瘫痪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parálisis
570 millions of speakers

English

paralysis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पक्षाघात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشلل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паралич
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paralisia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পক্ষাঘাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paralysie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lumpuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lähmung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

麻痺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paralysis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tê liệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக்கவாதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धांगवायू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

felç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paralisi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paraliż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

параліч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paralizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράλυση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlamming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förlamning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lammelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paralysis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALYSIS»

The term «paralysis» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALYSIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paralysis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paralysis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paralysis

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10 QUOTES WITH «PARALYSIS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word paralysis.
1
Edward Albert
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
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Jack Antonoff
Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
3
Harold S. Geneen
He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
4
Arthur Helps
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
5
Naveen Jain
The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.
6
Leo Kottke
It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play.
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Jane McGonigal
Positive health means becoming whole-heartedly engaged with our own health care. It means not outsourcing our health to the health care system. It means getting rid of the fear and paralysis we too often feel, and instead cultivating a sense of agency.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the point of paralysis by seeming or imagined portents.
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Diana Nyad
The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system. So first I feel like boiling hot oil I've been dipped in. And I'm yelling out, 'Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Help me! Somebody help me!' And the next thing is paralysis.
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Joyce Carol Oates
Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARALYSIS»

Discover the use of paralysis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paralysis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions and Visitors ...
These sensations are sometimes accompanied by frightening and realistic hallucinations. In this book these encounters with ghosts, vampires - and even succubi - are honored afresh from the perspective of contemporary dream science.
Ryan Hurd, Liza Joseph, Justin Oefelein, 2010
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Analysis Without Paralysis: 12 Tools to Make Better ...
The Second Edition of this successful guide to business analysis, shows readers how to apply analytical tools without having to mire themselves in advanced math or arcane theory.
Babette E. Bensoussan, Craig S. Fleisher, 2012
3
Sleep Paralysis: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-body ...
Sleep Paralysis explores a distinctive form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus.
Shelley R. Adler, 2011
4
Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques
Derived from the second edition of the world-famous The Facial Nerve, this targeted new book offers the most comprehensive approach to rehabilitating patients with acute and long-standing facial paralysis.
Mark May, Barry M. Schaitkin, 2011
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From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic ...
The first book to put the physical symptoms of stress in their historical and cultural context.
Edward Shorter, 2008
6
Vocal Fold Paralysis
This excellent guide fills a void within the field of otolaryngology and should not be missed by any otorhinolaryngologist, neurologist, phoniatrician or speech pathologist.
Lucian Sulica, Andrew Blitzer, 2006
7
Social Paralysis and Social Change: British Working-Class ...
It tells the story of how working-class education in nineteenth-century Britain often paralyzed by class, religious, and economic conflict struggled forward toward change.This book is ambitious in scope.
Neil J. Smelser, 1991
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
'~3- 8- 3I- 35- 47 Affected Bouvier des Flandres and bull terriers have mostly been reported in Europe and dalmatians and huskies in the United States. Laryngeal paralysis is hereditary in Bouvier des Flandres as an autosomal dominant trait.
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003
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Overcoming Paralysis: Into the Water and Out of the Wheelchair
A motorcycle accident made Scott Biehler a paraplegic. This book tells the inspiring story of his recovery-and details the revolutionary "Burdenko method" of water and land exercises that made it possible for him to move his legs again.
Igor Burdenko, Scott Biehler, 1999
10
Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook
These include REM-related parasomnias such as sleep paralysis and sleep- related penile problems, and others that do not have a sleep state predominance such as sleep-related nocturnal swallowing syndrome and sudden unexplained ...
Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARALYSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paralysis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Salam won't be spectator to political paralysis: Joreige
Salam won't be spectator to political paralysis: Joreige. Ministers Gebran Bassil, left, and Ramzi Joreige attend a Cabinet session at the Grand ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
Four years after paralysis, 'Anuranan' singer stages comeback
KOLKATA: When R D Burman scored for the Bengali film 'Akrosh', he got her to record the song 'police tomar'. Much before that, Bappi Lahiri ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
How paralyzed patients are able to stand again
This isn't the first time people with paralysis have risen from their wheelchairs. Since the mid-'90s, Dr. Ronald Triolo's team at Case Western ... «CNN, Jul 15»
4
Lawsuit: Man's paralysis caused by unlicensed Shiprock doctor's …
FARMINGTON — An 18-year-old man and his family filed a medical negligence lawsuit last week against a doctor at the Northern Navajo ... «Farmington Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Costs benefit paralysis
The attacks on journalism in this country are many and insidious. Laws criminalise reporters and their sources. Government monitoring is an ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
6
Paralysis of Parliament: How the world sees it
In this back drop how is the world looking at the disruptions, indeed paralysis, of Parliament since the beginning of this Monsoon session? «ABP Live, Jul 15»
7
Wearing skinny jeans leads to paralysis in woman
ISLAMABAD ( APP/Web Desk ) – A new case study suggests that wearing skinny jeans can lead to serious nerve damage in your lower legs if ... «Daily Pakistan, Jul 15»
8
What It's Like to Have Severe Sleep Paralysis
What was really happening, he now knows, was that he was experiencing sleep paralysis, a phenomenon that occurs either upon falling ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Beauty blogger is new Zoella - except she's spent 10 years battling …
Beauty blogger is new Zoella - except she's spent 10 years battling paralysis from the chest down. 18:59, 22 July 2015; By Anna Dubuis ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Geoffrey Boycott reveals battles with cancer and possible paralysis
Cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott OBE has revealed how his battle with cancer and possible paralysis has given him a fresh outlook on life, and ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»

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