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• Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.From the entry leave
• In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis.From the entry weakness
• Car accidents lead to many cervical spine injuries and various levels of paralysis.From the entry cervical spine
• In pseudohypertrophic paralysis, the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.From the entry pseudohypertrophic
• The stroke was characterised by ipsilateral paralysis.From the entry ipsilateral
• Amazon wants to use artificial intelligence to eliminate analysis paralysis for its consumers.2025 October 23, Meghan Hall, “Amazon Says New AI Tool Will Simplify Shopping Decisions”, in Sourcing Journal, New York. From the entry e-tail
• Often, somniphobia arises from a fear of having nightmares or experiencing sleep paralysis.2022, Cleveland Clinic, Somniphobia (Fear of Sleep). From the entry somniphobia
• How can society overcome the paralysis caused by “infowhelm” and denial?2022, Rachel Dreyfus, Anna Price, “How companies and organizations can overcome ‘infowhelm’ and motivate action for the planet”, in…. From the entry infowhelm
• So-called “pyjama paralysis” is of increasing importance with the ageing UK population.2019 February, F. Rogerson, C. Kendall, “Pyjama Paralysis”, in Age and Ageing, volume 48, →DOI, page i1. From the entry pyjama paralysis
• Apparently suffering from amnesia and paralysis of vocal chords (? both feigned).1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 19. From the entry DP
• Scores of sufferers from infantile paralysis sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor.1945 April 16, 0:38 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S.…. From the entry resting place
• The paralysis of the Northern conscience, the dumbing of the Northern voice, were coming to an end.1911, Lindsay Swift, William Lloyd Garrison, page 272. From the entry dumb
• The familiary or hereditary variety of chronic progressive bulbar paralysis is of comparatively recent recognition.1900, Joseph Collins, The Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System, page 302. From the entry familiary
• These rationalisations are partly necessary to avoid panic or paralysis, but of course they also serve an exculpatory purpose.2024 November 27, Emma Brockes, “How are the liberal elite dealing with a Trump victory? They’re flocking to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring”…. From the entry exculpatory
• A Bell's palsy is a facial paralysis that affects one side of the face only, generally caused by a viral infection.2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 15. From the entry Bell's palsy
• Unlike poliomyelitis, paralysis in China syndrome is symmetrical.2006, Pan American Health Organization, chapter I, in Poliomyelitis Eradication: Field Guide, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry China syndrome
• With total paralysis, the following regime is needed; intravenous nutrition (nil by mouth), eye toilets and protection, attention to pressure areas.1976, Carl Edmonds, Christopher Lowry, John Pennefather, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, Diving Medical Centre, →ISBN, page 263. From the entry nil by mouth
• I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city.1904, James Joyce, letter to C. P. Curran, August 1904. From the entry hemiplegia
• It looks like a pile of leaves, but the Kimberley death adder can deliver a bite which could result in paralysis and death.2015 September 16, Kirstie McCrum, “New deadly snake species discovered is 'in the world's venomous top 10'”, in The Mirror. From the entry Kimberley death adder
• Normally, both hemidiaphragms descend sharply during a sniff, but with unilateral disphragmatic paralysis there is paradoxical upward motion of the affected side.1995, Katherine Malagari, Robert G. Fraser, edited by Charis Roussos, The Thorax […] Part C: Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease…. From the entry sniff test
• Any number above a couple of thousand years—fifty thousand, fifty million—will with nearly equal effect awe the imagination to the point of paralysis.1981, John McPhee, Basin and Range, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry deep time
• CROGGLE (Grennell) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application.1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Croggle. From the entry croggle
• It was not merely unconsciousness, it was as if the mind were being smothered by some malign force, a pnigalion, throttling restfulness into a state of paralysis.2022, Lucas Lex DeJong, Unmapped Darkness: The Journals of the Red Raider. From the entry pnigalion
• In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191. From the entry hematoma
• If he were to use his fingers instead of his wrist, he would soon have telegrapher's paralysis or a “glass arm," in the lingo of the radio cabin.1926, Radio Broadcast, volume 9, page 57. From the entry glass arm
• He also had a son named Dave who thought milking a pretty tough job, and who imagined he was getting weak-handed and on the way to milker's paralysis.1914, Hoard's Dairyman - Volume 46, page 744. From the entry weak-handed
• On the other hand, the evidence that there is present in nettles another poison, the hypnotoxin, responsible for the paralysis of punctured animals, seems well grounded.1910, Otto Charles Glaser, The Nematocysts of Eolids, page 136. From the entry hypnotoxin
• Yet again, in true general paralysis, remissions occur, and in these remissions most of the pupillary symptoms disappear, to return with the onset of fresh activity of the disease.1902 July, T. P. Cowen, “Pupillary Symptoms in the Insane, and Their Import”, in Henry Rayner, A. R. Urquhart, Conolly Norman, editors…. From the entry remission
• La belle indifference is a way of pretending nothing is happening: it represents a way of showing one's paralysis to others by manipulating their judgment through an attitude of indifference.2009, Giampiero Arciero, Guido Bondolfi, Selfhood, Identity and Personality Styles, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry la belle indifference

Meaning of paralysis

1. noun The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
2. noun A state of being unable to act.

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Questions about paralysis in a sentence

How do you use paralysis in a sentence?

Paralysis is used as a noun. For example: “The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.”

What is a short sentence with paralysis?

“The stroke was characterised by ipsilateral paralysis.”

What does paralysis mean?

Paralysis means the complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.