p 3 a 1 r 1 a 1 l 1 y 4 s 1 i 1 s 1
9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun loss of the ability to move a body part
originBorrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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