Definition of Paralysis

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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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Paralysis Quotations

There is a syndrome in sports called "paralysis by analysis."
Arthur Ashe

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.
Joyce Carol Oates

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
Harold S. Geneen

It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play.
Leo Kottke

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
Arthur Helps

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
Edward Albert

Paralysis Translations

paralysis in Dutch is verlamming
paralysis in French is paralysie
paralysis in Italian is paralisi

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