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Paralysis

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.

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Akinesia 76% connected

Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

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Hemiplegia 76% connected

A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

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Monoplegia 76% connected

Paralysis affecting a single limb.

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Paraplegia 76% connected

Alt. of Paraplegy

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Paresis 76% connected

Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.

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Palsy 74% connected

Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

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Palsy 74% connected

Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

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Palsy 92% connected

Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

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Sign noun · 85% connection

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"

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Succedaneum noun · 85% connection

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

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Symptom noun · 85% connection

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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Aphasia noun · 85% connection

inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

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Ataxia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ataxy noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Cephalitis noun · 85% connection

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…

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Disseminated multiple sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Disseminated sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Dysarthria noun · 85% connection

impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

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Dyssynergia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Encephalitis noun · 85% connection

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…

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Epilepsy noun · 85% connection

a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

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Motor ataxia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ms noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Multiple sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Neuralgia noun · 85% connection

acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

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Neuralgy noun · 85% connection

acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

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Abdication noun · 78% connection

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sov…

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

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Abolition noun · 78% connection

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or t…

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Allomorph noun · 78% connection

A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an…

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Amaurosis noun · 78% connection

A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gu…

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Anaesthesia noun · 78% connection

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inh…

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Anesthesia noun · 78% connection

loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

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Animal noun · 78% connection

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an…

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Apoplexy noun · 78% connection

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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Astonishment noun · 78% connection

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

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Bloodstroke noun · 78% connection

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.

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Catalepsy noun · 78% connection

a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

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