01 n. Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in …
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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; as, paralysis of the will.(Med.) See: Hemiplegia, Paraplegia“Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership.” — Duke of Argyll (1887).