Medicine. A form of paralysis (perhaps flaccid paralysis); softening or relaxation (of sinews, nerves, or muscles) as a cause of this; an instance…

= hemiplegia, n.

In early use: paralysis of part or all of the body. In later use: spec. paralysis of both legs (or hind legs) and often part or all of the trunk…

Palsy producing complete insensibility or immobility of the part affected.

Paralysis of one side of the body; usually caused by a lesion in the opposite side of the brain.

Medicine. The fact or condition of being suddenly struck down by death, paralysis, insensibility, etc.; an instance of this. Obsolete.

The (supposed) condition of being stricken or altered by the influence of a celestial object (cf. starstruck, adj. 1); an instance of this.

Medicine. Partial or incomplete paralysis; an instance of this. Also figurative.

= hemiplegia, n.

Medicine. (in early use) paralysis involving the whole body; (later) spec. (more fully general paralysis of the insane) a late manifestation of…

The action or process of fixating a thing for a second or further time, esp. a piece of text on a page (cf. fixate, v. 3); a second or further…

Used with reference to tuberculous inflammation of the spine and its complications, described by Pott… tuberculous inflammation of the vertebral…

Paralysis of the whole body.

= pamplegia, n.

paralysis affecting the upper limb of one side and the lower of the other.

= crossed palsy n. at crossed, adj. compounds.

Paralysis resulting from disease of or damage to a nerve or nerves; neurogenic paralysis.

More fully general paresis, general paresis of the insane. = general paralysis n. at paralysis, n. 1b.

A form of cerebral palsy, chiefly affecting children, characterized by continuous slow involuntary movements of the extremities.

Paralysis of one limb; an instance of this.

spec. in names of special ailments. spastic paralysis, a condition in which some muscles undergo tonic spasm (sometimes resulting in abnormal…

any acute ascending paralysis, spec. = Guillain–Barré syndrome at Guillain–Barré, n.

= cerebral palsy n. at cerebral, adj. compounds.

any of various non-progressive forms of paralysis caused by damage to motor areas of the brain before or during birth, manifested in early childhood…

Paresis (weakness) affecting both legs, or both hind legs; partial paraplegia; an instance of this.

paresis or impairment of muscular strength affecting one side of the body.

Used with reference to tuberculous inflammation of the spine and its complications, described by Pott… paraplegia or paraparesis caused by Pott's…

paralysis caused by pressure on a nerve during sleep.

Paralysis of all four limbs; an instance of this. Also called tetraplegia.

= pressure palsy n.

Paralysis of the muscles in one side of the face caused by lesion of the facial nerve, characterized by drooping of the corner of the mouth and…

= taboparalysis n.

= quadriplegia, n.

paralysis caused by neurotoxin in the saliva of certain biting ticks.

Weakness of all four limbs; an instance of this. Also called tetraparesis.

= Guillain–Barré syndrome at Guillain–Barré, n.