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paralysis

[puh-ral-uh-sis] / pəˈræl ə sɪs /




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Symptoms often include seizures, muscle weakness, paralysis, and delayed development.

From Science Daily

Tang said she experienced side effects including sleep paralysis, fatigue and brain fog, which left her "exhausted" and affected her school attendance.

From BBC

WTO reform has become more urgent with the prolonged paralysis of the organisation's dispute settlement system.

From Barron's

First, there was the paralysis of flights through some of the busiest airspace in the world, leaving aircraft at major hub airports grounded and hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.

From BBC

Gulf infrastructure damage and logistical paralysis are now set to postpone these plans.

From The Wall Street Journal