PARALYSIS

PARALYSIS. → Cured
* By Jesus Mt 4:24; 8:6,13; 9:2,6
* By Philip Ac 8:7
* By Peter Ac 9:33,34

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Pa‐ral″y‐sis (?), n. [[L., fr. Gr. παράλυσισ, fr. παραλύειν to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; παρά beside + λύειν 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. “Utter paralysis of memory.” G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. Duke of Argyll (1887).