slovo | definícia |
paralysis (encz) | paralysis,obrna n: Martin M. |
paralysis (encz) | paralysis,ochrnutí n: Martin M. |
paralysis (encz) | paralysis,paralýza n: Martin M. |
Paralysis (gcide) | Paralysis \Pa*ral"y*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. para`lysis, fr.
paraly`ein to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para`
beside + ly`ein to loosen. See Para-, and Loose, and cf.
Palsy.] (Med.)
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. "Utter paralysis of memory." --G.
Eliot.
[1913 Webster]
Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of
the powers of ownership. --Duke of
Argyll (1887).
[1913 Webster] |
paralysis (wn) | paralysis
n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis,
palsy] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
cystoparalysis (encz) | cystoparalysis,cystoparalýza Zdeněk Brož |
flaccid paralysis (encz) | flaccid paralysis, n: |
infantile paralysis (encz) | infantile paralysis,dětská obrna n: Zdeněk Brož |
paralysis (encz) | paralysis,obrna n: Martin M. paralysis,ochrnutí n: Martin M. paralysis,paralýza n: Martin M. |
paralysis agitans (encz) | paralysis agitans, n: |
paralysis by analysis (encz) | paralysis by analysis,paralýza analýzou [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
spastic paralysis (encz) | spastic paralysis, n: |
unilateral paralysis (encz) | unilateral paralysis, n: |
Infantile paralysis (gcide) | Infantile paralysis \In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants
and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the
anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It
is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and
muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities.
Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis
and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses,
and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost
completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread
campaign of immunization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
cystoparalysis (wn) | cystoparalysis
n 1: paralysis of the urinary bladder [syn: cystoplegia,
cystoparalysis] |
erb-duchenne paralysis (wn) | Erb-Duchenne paralysis
n 1: paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial
plexus (usually during childbirth) [syn: Erb's palsy,
Erb-Duchenne paralysis] |
flaccid paralysis (wn) | flaccid paralysis
n 1: weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or
disease of the nerves innervating the muscles |
infantile paralysis (wn) | infantile paralysis
n 1: an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve
cells of the brain stem and spinal cord [syn:
poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, {acute
anterior poliomyelitis}] |
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