Paralysis Synonyms

pə-rălĭ-sĭs
Loss of the ability to move a body part
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insensibility
  2. loss of motion
  3. palsy
  4. loss of sensation

Words Related to Paralysis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. disease
  2. spasm
  3. paresis
  4. convulsion
  5. incoordination
  6. unsteadiness
  7. numbness
  8. catalepsy
  9. loss-of-memory
  10. mental-confusion
  11. hypotonia
  12. fasciculation
  13. myoclonus
  14. loss of speech
  15. immobility
  16. deformity

Paralysis Sentence Examples

  • He died of paralysis on the 30th of May 1833.

  • And near the end of 1937, Roosevelt created the National Foundation for Infant Paralysis to join in the fight.

  • When open war broke out between Edinburgh Castle, held by Mary's friends, and the town, held for her son, both parties agreed that the reformer, who had already had a stroke of paralysis, should remove to St Andrews.

  • There he had an attack of paralysis, from which he died on the 29th of March 1866.

  • In progressive lead palsy, beri-beri, and the paralysis following acute alcoholism, fairly large doses are useful.

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