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Showing words for PARALYSIS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Paralysis

paralysis

8 Letter Words for Paralysis

airplays

7 Letter Words for Paralysis

airplay, apilary, aplysia, assyria, parials, parlays, pirayas, pyralis, sparily, spirals

6 Letter Words for Paralysis

apiary, assail, assary, paisas, palais, palays, parial, parlay, parlia, passay, passir, pilary, piraya, playas, praiss, prials, prisal, prissy, psalis, raspis, risala, riyals, sairly, salary, salpas, spails, spials, spiral, splays, sprays, spyals

5 Letter Words for Paralysis

alaps, alary, alays, alias, alisp, apair, apass, apays, april, apsis, arias, arils, arsis, arsyl, aryls, aspis, assai, assay, asyla, islay, laari, lairs, lairy, lapis, lapsi, laris, lassa, lassi, layia, liars, lisps, lysis, lyssa, pails, pairs, paisa, palar, palas, palay, palis, palsy, paras, paris, parli, parly, parsi, pasis, passa, piala, pilar, pirls, pisay, plass, playa, plays, plias, pliss, praia, praya, prays, prial, priss, pylar, pyral, raias, rails, rasps, raspy, rayas, rials, ripal, risps, rissa, riyal, ryals, sails, saily, sairs, sairy, salai, salar, salay, salpa, salps, salsa, sapir, sarip, saris, sarsa, sials, silas, sisal, slaps, slays, slips, spail, spair, spars, spary, spays, spial, spira, spiry, splay, spray, spyal, sylis, syria

4 Letter Words for Paralysis

aals, aarp, aias, ails, airs, airy, alai, alap, alar, alas, alay, alia, alps, apar, apay, apia, apis, aria, aril, aris, aryl, asap, asar, asia, asps, aspy, assi, isls, iyar, laas, lair, laps, lari, lars, lasa, lass, lays, liar, lias, lipa, lips, lira, lisp, liss, lyra, paal, paar, paas, pail, pair, pais, pala, pali, pals, paly, para, pari, parl, pars, pasi, pass, pays, pial, pias, pila, pily, pirl, pirs, pisa, piss, play, plia, pray, prys, psia, psis, pyal, pyas, pyla, raia, rail, rais, rals, raps, rasa, rasp, raya, rays, rial, rias, ripa, rips, risp, ryal, ryas, sail, saip, sair, sais, sala, salp, sals, sapa, saps, sari, sars, sasa, saya, says, sial, sila, sips, sirs, slap, slay, slip, spar, spas, spay, spry, sris, syli, yair, yali, yapa, yaps, yarl, yips

3 Letter Words for Paralysis

aal, aas, aia, ail, air, ais, ala, alp, als, aly, apa, apl, apr, ara, ars, ary, asl, asp, ass, ayr, ays, iaa, ipl, ipr, ips, ira, irs, isl, laa, lai, lap, lar, las, lay, lip, lir, lis, lys, pal, par, pas, pay, pia, pil, pir, pis, pli, ply, prs, pry, psi, pya, pyr, rai, rap, ras, ray, ria, rip, rly, rps, rya, saa, sai, sal, sap, sar, say, sil, sip, sir, sis, sla, sly, spa, spl, sps, spy, sri, ssp, syl, syr, yap, yar, yas, yip, yis, yrs

Definitions for Paralysis

[1] Pathology . a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
[2] a state of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike caused a paralysis of all shipping.
[3] pathol impairment or loss of voluntary muscle function or of sensation (sensory paralysis ) in a part or area of the body, usually caused by a lesion or disorder of the muscles or the nerves supplying them a disease characterized by such impairment or loss; palsy
[4] cessation or impairment of activity paralysis of industry by strikes

Words related to Paralysis

laziness, apathy, passivity, inactivity, torpor, torpidity, lethargy, sloth, idleness, listlessness, stillness, stupor, lassitude, languor, indolence, immobilization, dullness, unresponsiveness, drowsiness, immobility

Words nearby Paralysis

paralympian, paralympic, paralympic games, paralympics, paralyse, paralysis, paralysis agitans, paralytic, paralytic abasia, paralytic dementia, paralytic ileus

Origin of Paralysis

before 1150; < Latin < Greek parálysis, equivalent to paraly-, var stem of paralȳ́ein to loosen (i.e., disable) on one side (para- para-1 + lȳ́ein to loosen) + -sis -sis; replacing Middle English paralisi(e ) < Old French < Latin, as above; replacing late Old English paralisin (accusative) < Latin, as above; cf. palsy1

Other words from Paralysis

non·pa·ral·y·sis , noun, plural non·pa·ral·y·ses.
sem·i·pa·ral·y·sis , noun, plural sem·i·pa·ral·y·ses.

Word origin for Paralysis

C16: via Latin from Greek paralusis; see para- 1 , -lysis

Synonyms for Paralysis

apathy, laziness, passivity, sluggishness, deadness, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, oscitancy, sloth, stillness, stupor, torpidity, torpor, unresponsiveness