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paralysis

/pəˈɹæləsəs/noun4 syllables

Paralysis means: loss of the ability to move a body part.

Synonyms for paralysis2

noun, as in loss of the ability to move a body part

palsy

also used for paralysis

immobility

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What does paralysis mean?1

noun

1

loss of the ability to move a body part

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with paralysis?3

four syllables

analysisdialysis

6 syllables

psychoanalysis
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Paralysis in a sentence

  • Apathy is a paralysis of the soul, an early death.Miktsoanit
  • Apathy is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.Miktsoanit
  • After the accident, he suffered a lesion of the spinal cord causing partial paralysis.rul
  • There have been several cases of infantile paralysis._undertoad
  • Sami always had sleep paralysis as a kid.OsoHombre
  • Sami had sleep paralysis a lot when he was a kid.OsoHombre
  • Ivan has sleep paralysis whenever he has that dream.Amastan
  • I have sleep paralysis and can't move when I wake up sometimes.Teangloir

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Forms of paralysis

as a noun

plural
paralyses