Definition of "paralyses" [paralyses]

• Plural form of paralysis. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paralyse. (verb)

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• "With the gift of himself in the Eucharist the Lord Jesus sets us free from our "paralyses", he helps us up and enables us to "proceed ", that is, he makes us take a step ahead and then another step, and thus sets us going with the power of the Bread of Life."
• "Such remote effects as I witnessed were mainly the results of the actual destructive lesion, such as paralyses and contraction."
• "Nor is she powerful enough to take, so there arise emotional crises with marked disturbance in bodily energy, and especially symptoms that frighten the onlooker, such as paralyses, blindness, deafness, fainting spells, etc."