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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French paralysie, from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧li‧si‧a
Noun
paralisia f (plural paralisias)
- (pathology) paralysis, palsy
- (figurative) paralysis, numbness, stagnation
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