PARALYZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paralyzed mean? 

• PARALYZED (adjective)
  The adjective PARALYZED has 1 sense:

1. affected with paralysis

  Familiarity information: PARALYZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARALYZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affected with paralysis

Synonyms:

paralytic; paralyzed

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

 Context examples 

Symptoms may include: • A limp or paralyzed arm • Lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist • Lack of feeling or sensation in the arm or hand

(Brachial Plexus Injuries, NIH)

In severe cases, you become almost paralyzed.

(Guillain-Barre Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Symptoms include muscle weakness, wasting, twitching, trouble swallowing, and slowly becoming paralyzed.

(Motor neuron disease, NCI Dictionary)

Both had been paralyzed for more than 18 months.

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)

I stood like a man paralyzed, still staring at the ground which I had traversed.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A procedure in which small electric impulses are used to stimulate muscles that are weak or paralyzed.

(NES, NCI Dictionary)

He may have been asleep, or he may have been so paralyzed with terror as to have been unable to cry out.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The loss of the ability to speak can have devastating effects on patients whose facial, tongue, and larynx muscles have been paralyzed due to stroke or other neurological conditions.

(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)

It first occurs about 90 minutes after falling asleep and is characterized by darting eyes, raised heart rates, paralyzed limbs, awakened brain waves and dreaming.

(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)

In past research, electrical stimulation of the lower spinal cord, combined with motor training, allowed patients who were paralyzed below the chest because of spinal cord injuries to regain some voluntary movement of their legs.

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)