paralysis Definition

complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body

loss of the ability to move

a state of powerlessness or incapacity to act

parkinson's disease

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paralysis with tonic spasm of the affected muscles and with increased tendon reflexes

syphilis of the central nervous system that is characterized by memory loss, muscle weakness, progressive dementia, seizures, and paralysis

a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopamine production in the substantia nigra and is marked especially by tremor of resting muscles, rigidity, slowness of movement, impaired balance, and a shuffling gait —called also paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's syndrome

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