Paralysis

//pəˈɹæləsəs//

Synonyms for "paralysis" (134 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(2 words)
palsyastonishment

Strong matches (40)

Noun(1 words)
immobility

Related words (67)

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Translations

104 translations across 63 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • paralizë noun (loss of muscle control)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • παράλυσις noun (loss of muscle control)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شَلَل noun (loss of muscle control)
  • فَالَج noun (loss of muscle control)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կաթվածահարություն noun (loss of muscle control)

Asturian

2 entries
  • paralís noun (loss of muscle control)
  • parálisis noun (loss of muscle control)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • iflic noun (loss of muscle control)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пара́ліч noun (loss of muscle control)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • लकवा noun (loss of muscle control)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пара́лиза noun (loss of muscle control)

Catalan

1 entries
  • paràlisi noun (loss of muscle control)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 癱瘓 /瘫痪 noun (loss of muscle control)
  • 麻痹 noun (loss of muscle control)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • nüzül noun (loss of muscle control)

Czech

2 entries
  • ochrnutí noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralýza noun (loss of muscle control)

Danish

2 entries
  • lammelse noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralyse noun (loss of muscle control)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verlamming noun (loss of muscle control)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • paralizo noun (loss of muscle control)

Estonian

1 entries
  • halvatus noun (loss of muscle control)

Faroese

2 entries
  • lammilsi noun (loss of muscle control)
  • lamningur noun (loss of muscle control)

Finnish

3 entries
  • halvaus noun (loss of muscle control)
  • lama noun (state of inability to act)
  • lamaannus noun (state of inability to act)

French

1 entries
  • paralysie noun (loss of muscle control)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დამბლა noun (loss of muscle control)

German

3 entries
  • Lähmung noun (loss of muscle control)
  • Muskellähmung noun (loss of muscle control)
  • Paralyse noun (loss of muscle control)

Greek

1 entries
  • παράλυση noun (loss of muscle control)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שיתוק \ שִׁתּוּק noun (loss of muscle control)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अंगघात noun (loss of muscle control)
  • पक्षाघात noun (loss of muscle control)
  • फ़ालिज noun (loss of muscle control)
  • लक़वा noun (loss of muscle control)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bénultság noun (state of inability to act)
  • bénulás noun (loss of muscle control)
  • cselekvésképtelenség noun (state of inability to act)
  • lebénulás noun (loss of muscle control)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lömun noun (loss of muscle control)

Italian

1 entries
  • paralisi noun (loss of muscle control)

Japanese

2 entries
  • まひ状態 noun (loss of muscle control)
  • 麻痺 noun (loss of muscle control)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • паралич noun (loss of muscle control)
  • сал noun (loss of muscle control)

Korean

1 entries
  • 마비 noun (loss of muscle control)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • паралич noun (loss of muscle control)
  • шал noun (loss of muscle control)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອຳມະພາດ noun (loss of muscle control)

Latin

1 entries
  • paralysis noun (loss of muscle control)

Latvian

1 entries
  • paralīze noun (loss of muscle control)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • paralyžius noun (loss of muscle control)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • парали́за noun (loss of muscle control)

Malay

1 entries
  • kelumpuhan noun (loss of muscle control)

Manx

1 entries
  • neulheiltys noun (loss of muscle control)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • саа noun (loss of muscle control)
  • ᠰᠠ noun (loss of muscle control)

Māori

1 entries
  • mate rōrā noun (loss of muscle control)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lammelse noun (loss of muscle control)

Occitan

2 entries
  • paralisi noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralisi noun (state of inability to act)

Persian

1 entries
  • فلج noun (loss of muscle control)

Polish

4 entries
  • bezwład noun (loss of muscle control)
  • bezwład noun (state of inability to act)
  • niemoc noun (state of inability to act)
  • paraliż noun (loss of muscle control)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • paralisia noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralisia noun (state of inability to act)

Romanian

1 entries
  • paralizie noun (loss of muscle control)

Russian

3 entries
  • парали́ч noun (loss of muscle control)
  • парали́ч noun (state of inability to act)
  • парализо́ванность noun (loss of muscle control)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • paralíza noun (loss of muscle control)
  • парали́за noun (loss of muscle control)

Slovak

2 entries
  • ochrnutie noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralýza noun (loss of muscle control)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ohromelost noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paraliza noun (loss of muscle control)

Spanish

1 entries
  • parálisis noun (loss of muscle control)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förlamning noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralys noun (loss of muscle control)

Tajik

1 entries
  • фалаҷ noun (loss of muscle control)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పక్షవాతము noun (loss of muscle control)

Thai

1 entries
  • อัมพาต noun (loss of muscle control)

Turkish

2 entries
  • felç noun (loss of muscle control)
  • inme noun (loss of muscle control)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • пара́ліч noun (loss of muscle control)

Urdu

2 entries
  • فالِج noun (loss of muscle control)
  • لَقْوَہ noun (loss of muscle control)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • falaj noun (loss of muscle control)
  • paralich noun (loss of muscle control)
  • shol noun (loss of muscle control)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • liệt noun (loss of muscle control)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lem noun (loss of muscle control)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּאַראַליטש noun (loss of muscle control)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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There have been several cases of infantile paralysis.

Source: tatoeba (2259477)

His paralysis is progressing, and soon he won't be able to get out of bed.

Source: tatoeba (4091060)

Sami always had sleep paralysis as a kid.

Source: tatoeba (7185814)

Sami had sleep paralysis a lot when he was a kid.

Source: tatoeba (7185815)

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