(n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; especially, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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