paralysis
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Symptoms often include seizures, muscle weakness, paralysis, and delayed development.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
WTO reform has become more urgent with the prolonged paralysis of the organisation's dispute settlement system.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
His serious spinal injury was triggered by a fall in 2021, which required emergency surgery to prevent paralysis, his manager Theresa Fortier said in a statement at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Such campaigns have involved the removal of lower-ranking military officials connected with the purged leaders and will likely result in a sense of paralysis among those who survive, analysts have said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The village, like many in Vietnam, had high rates of polio, a disease that caused muscle weakness, even paralysis.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
