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paralyses

paralyses is the plural of paralysis.

paralyses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paralyse.

Meaning of paralysis

Noun

paralysis (countable and uncountable, plural paralyses)

  1. The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
  2. A state of being unable to act.
    • The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.

Meaning of paralyse

Verb

paralyse (third-person singular simple present paralyses, present participle paralysing, simple past and past participle paralysed)

  1. British standard spelling of paralyze.

Phrases with paralyses

Questions about paralyses

What is paralyses the plural of?
Paralyses is the plural of paralysis.

Words near paralyses in the dictionary

  1. paralyse
  2. paralysed
  3. paralysedly
  4. paralyser
  5. paralysers
  6. paralyses
  7. paralysing
  8. paralysingly
  9. paralysis
  10. paralysis agitans
  11. paralysis by analysis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paralyses (page history and authors); paralysis (page history and authors); paralyse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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