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semi-paralyzed

semi-paralyzed adjective: partially paralyzed.

Adjective

semi-paralyzed (not comparable)

  1. Partially paralyzed.
    • Thus for instance the paralysis may not extend to all the parts below the injury; it may be attended by severe pain in some of the semi-paralyzed parts; or , motion may be affected in one limb and sensibility in another.1873, Edward Carroll Franklin, The Science and Art of Surgery - Volume 2, page 157
    • Sometimes the face remains semi-paralyzed after the other signs of paralysis have disappeared.1895, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, A Text-book of Practical Medicine, page 1008

Forms of semi-paralyzed

alternative formsemiparalyzed

Questions about semi-paralyzed

What does semi-paralyzed mean?
Semi-paralyzed means partially paralyzed.
What part of speech is semi-paralyzed?
Semi-paralyzed is an adjective.

Words near semi-paralyzed in the dictionary

  1. semi-open game
  2. semi-open games
  3. semi-orb
  4. semi-orbs
  5. semi-palindrome
  6. semi-paralyzed
  7. semi-parliamentary
  8. semi-patriotic
  9. Semi-pelagianism
  10. semi-pelagic
  11. semi-period

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