paralysis
Loss of movement
Paralysis is the loss of the ability to move part of the body, typically from nerve damage or disease.
The meaning extends to any state of inability to act or function: The scandal caused paralysis in the administration.
Economic or political paralysis describes systems frozen by indecision or conflict.
Analysis paralysis is overthinking to the point of inaction.
Partial loss of movement
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- spasticityPathological muscle tightness
- quadriplegiaParalysis below the neck
hemiplegia · stroke · polio · dystrophy · myopathy · neuromuscular · flaccid · spastic
Solidified by extreme cold
- motionlessLacking all movement
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- rootedFirmly established in place
- stuckUnable to move
unable · move · stillness · rigidity · petrified · transfixed · stationary · locked
Complete mutual obstruction
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- logjamObstruction halting flow
stalemate · bureaucratic · political · legislative · economic · institutional · inertia · inaction
Slight stinging sensation
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- lossBeing without something
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
deadness · anesthesia · insensibility · unfeeling · desensitized · nerve · block · epidural
Inability to affect outcomes
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- defeatVictory over another
resignation · incapacity · impotence · futility · overwhelm · entrapment · dependency · disempowerment
Interlocking bones of spine
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- myelopathySpinal cord pathology
trauma · fracture · severed · lumbar · cervical · thoracic · wheelchair · rehabilitation
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
petrified · scared · stiff · stage · fright · overwhelmed · freeze · response
Acronym for dreaming phase
- atoniaLack of muscle tone
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- wakingRegaining consciousness from sleep
- episodeSerialized content unit
hallucination · narcolepsy · dream · inability · move · temporary · awakening · terrifying
paresis
Partial loss of movement
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- spasticityPathological muscle tightness
quadriplegia · hemiplegia · stroke · polio · dystrophy · myopathy · neuromuscular · flaccid · spastic · motor
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- motionlessLacking all movement
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- rootedFirmly established in place
stuck · unable · move · stillness · rigidity · petrified · transfixed · stationary · locked · seized
gridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
logjam · stalemate · bureaucratic · political · legislative · economic · institutional · inertia · inaction · breakdown
tingling
Slight stinging sensation
needles · deadness · anesthesia · insensibility · unfeeling · desensitized · nerve · block · epidural · local
powerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
defeat · resignation · incapacity · impotence · futility · overwhelm · entrapment · dependency · disempowerment · victimhood
vertebrae
Interlocking bones of spine
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- compressionForcing into smaller space
myelopathy · trauma · fracture · severed · lumbar · cervical · thoracic · wheelchair · rehabilitation · tetraplegia
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
anxiety · petrified · scared · stiff · stage · fright · overwhelmed · freeze · response · deer
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
episode · hallucination · narcolepsy · dream · inability · move · temporary · awakening · terrifying · demon
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- health problemsdisease, cancer, diabetes, illness, heart disease
- Poliopolio, poliovirus, iron lung, Jonas Salk, Salk vaccine
- Biblical Afflictionsleprosy, blindness, boils, plagues, pestilence
- brain symptomsamnesia, aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, confusion
paralysismobility
Capacity for movement
motility · movement · locomotion · motor function · ambulation
paralysissensation
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
feeling · sensitivity · responsiveness · sentience · nerve function
paralysisaction
Process of doing
activity · decisiveness · momentum · initiative · dynamism
- analysis paralysisInaction from excessive deliberation
- sleep paralysisTemporary waking immobility
- paralysis by analysisInaction from excessive deliberation
- partial paralysisImpaired but present movement
- facial paralysisLoss of face movement
- total paralysis