paralysis
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"The result is paralysis with rare exceptions due either to the severity of the crimes or US intervention," Novik added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Two plants capable of causing nerve damage and paralysis at extremely low doses may also contain compounds with valuable uses against pain, malaria, cancer, and agricultural pests.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
In Australia, MMA is caused by the bite of the eastern paralysis tick.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In more severe cases, symptoms include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, vision loss, paralysis and coma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Advanced cases of leprosy can cause blindness, nerve paralysis, painful sores, and deformity.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It's the love that I have for him sometimes paralyses me.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
Sometimes these compounds act as deterrents: nicotine, for example, is produced by some plants and paralyses insects, whereas caffeine suppresses their appetite.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2020
Nothing proved more vividly the maxim that technology renders civilisation fragile than the great traffic paralyses of the late seventies.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
Asked if she feared for her life, she said: “No. Fear paralyses people. And if you want changes, you should overcome yourself.”
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2018
Less common complications are jaundice, peri- and endo-carditis, meningitis, local and general paralyses, cancrum oris, a diffuse cellular inflammation ending in purulent infiltration, and inflammatory swellings of the glands, or buboes.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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