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paralysis

 
 
/pəˈræləsɪs/ noun [U]

Translation

UNABLE TO MOVE being unable to move all or part of your body because of injury or illness
felç, inme
muscular paralysis188590
NO ACTION not being able to take action
hareket edememe, felce uğrama
political paralysis1859
(Definition of paralysis noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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