Pa-răl’y-sĭs, n.

n. [Lat. paralysis, Gr. παράλυσις, from παραλύειν, to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side, from παρά, beside, and λύειν, to loosen. Cf. PALSY.] (Med.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial;—usually applied to the loss of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy.