English-Thai Dictionary

paralysis

N อัมพาต  impotence incapability am-ma-pad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARALYSIS

n.[Gr. to loosen, dissolve or weaken. ] Palsy; the loss of the power of muscular motion, or of the command of the muscles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARALYSIS

Pa *ral "y *sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Para-, and Loose, and cf. Palsy. ](Med. )

 

Defn: Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp. , the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory. " G.Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. Duke of Argyll (1887 ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paralysis

pa ral y sis |pəˈraləsis pəˈræləsəs | ▶noun ( pl. paralyses |-sēz | ) the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything ) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury. • inability to act or function in a person, organization, or place: the paralysis gripping the country. ORIGIN late Old English, via Latin from Greek paralusis, from paraluesthai ‘be disabled at the side, ’ from para ‘beside ’ + luein ‘loosen. ’

 

paralysis agitans

pa ral y sis ag i tans |ˈajəˌtanz pəˈræləsɪs ˈædʒəˌtænz | ▶noun less common term for Parkinson's disease. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘shaking paralysis. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

paralysis

paralysis |pəˈralɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. paralyses |-siːz | ) [ mass noun ] the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything ) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury. • inability to act or function properly: the paralysis gripping the country. ORIGIN late Old English, via Latin from Greek paralusis, from paraluesthai ‘be disabled at the side ’, from para ‘beside ’ + luein ‘loosen ’.

 

paralysis agitans

paralysis agitans |ˈadʒɪtanz | ▶noun less common term for Parkinson's disease. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘shaking paralysis ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

paralysis

paralysis noun 1 the disease can cause paralysis: immobility, powerlessness, incapacity, debilitation; Medicine paraplegia, quadriplegia, tetraplegia, monoplegia, hemiplegia, diplegia, paresis, paraparesis. 2 complete paralysis of the ports: shutdown, immobilization, stoppage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

paralysis

paralysis noun 1 the disease can cause paralysis: immobility, powerlessness, lack of sensation, numbness, deadness, incapacity, debilitation; Medicine paraplegia, quadriplegia, tetraplegia, monoplegia, hemiplegia, diplegia, paresis, paraparesis; dated palsy. 2 strike leaders claimed an almost complete paralysis of the ports: shutdown, immobilization, stoppage, halt, standstill, stopping.

 

Duden Dictionary

Paralysis

Pa ra ly sis Substantiv, feminin fachsprachlich , die |Par a lysis |die Paralysis; Genitiv: der Paralysis, Plural: die Paralysen griechisch-lateinisch Paralyse Paralysis agitans Medizin Schüttellähmung, Parkinson

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paralysis

pa ral y sis /pərǽləsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /U C 1 〘医 〙麻痺 （まひ ）▸ cerebral paralysis 脳性麻痺 2 ｟比喩的に ｠麻痺状態 ; 機能停滞状態 .