PARALYSIS (paralyses)

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does paralysis mean? 

• PARALYSIS (noun)
  The noun PARALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. loss of the ability to move a body part

  Familiarity information: PARALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARALYSIS (noun)

Meaning:

Loss of the ability to move a body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

palsy; paralysis

Hypernyms ("paralysis" is a kind of...):

disfunction; dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paralysis"):

akinesia; akinesis (motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis)

hemiplegia; unilateral paralysis (paralysis of one side of the body)

paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma))

paresis (a slight or partial paralysis)

ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye)

monoplegia (paralysis of a single limb)

Erb's palsy; Erb-Duchenne paralysis (paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth))

diplegia (paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body)

cystoparalysis; cystoplegia (paralysis of the urinary bladder)

alalia (paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak)

quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and both legs)