(n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anterior borderzone brachial paralysis (ABBP) is a hemodynamic ischemic syndrome of the watershed zone between the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.
(2) Ruthenium red (RuR) inhibits Ca2+ uptake and transmitter release in synaptosomes, and produces flaccid paralysis when injected intraperitoneally (IP) and convulsions after intracranial administration.
(3) It is concluded that intraventricular 5-HT raises rectal temperature in cats when the amount is not too large, and that a hypothermic effect when it occurs results from paralysis of cells in the anterior hypothalamus which are excited by small doses.
(4) Stimulating the dorsal root at L5 was found to produce hindleg twitches in EAE rats with complete hindlimb paralysis.
(5) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
(6) Weakness of the flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus and pronator quadratus is usually related to an isolated paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve in the volar aspect of the forearm.
(7) The occurrence of paresis or paralysis in ischemic processes strictly situated in the thalamus, however, is discussed: the deficit may be limited to parts of limbs; most often, it is not associated with pyramidal symptomatology; recovery is observed in the hand before the inferior limb.
(8) One hypothesis to account for intercellular invasion proposes that a necessary condition for a cell type to be invasive to a given host tissue is that it lack contact paralysis of locomotion during collision with cells of that host tissue.
(9) The incidenc- of cranial nerve paralysis in 37 percent and the incidence of intracranial extension is 14.6 percent.
(10) In addition to vocal cord paralysis on the laryngoscopy, videofluoroscopy confirmed diminished mobility of the soft palate.
(11) In Ca-free solutions, paralysis was induced after a sequence of no more than three pulses to 0 mV; in the presence of D600 only one pulse was sufficient.
(12) Linkage studies were performed in six European families with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (PPII) with myotonia, an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder characterised by episodic weakness.
(13) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
(14) Most of these patients were managed without paralysis using intermittent mandatory ventilation and positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
(15) The heat shock-induced synthesis of organophosphorus acid hydrolases in transgenic flies conferred enhanced resistance to toxic paralysis by the organophosphate insecticide paraoxon.
(16) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
(17) The main response characteristics are an immediate motor 'paralysis' (prolonged and generalized immobility), unresponsiveness, and abrupt and profound bradycardia.
(19) The spectrum of disabilities attendant to laryngeal paralysis range from mild hoarseness to complete upper airway obstruction depending upon the static position of the paralyzed cord or cords.
(20) The postoperative recovery of the gastrointestinal tract was similar in the two groups in duration of nasogastric drainage, intravenous fluid therapy, and intestinal paralysis.
Paraplegia
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Paraplegy
Example Sentences:
(1) All of the nude mice developed paraplegia with or without incontinence at 2 weeks and routinely died of inanition 3 weeks postimplantation.
(2) In patients with spastic paraplegia presenting with recurrent dislocation of the hip, operative treatment combining a soft tissue repair and a bone block to augment the acetabulum is recommended.
(3) Two of the patients showed an elevation of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) protein before development of paraplegia; one also showed a rise in myelin basic protein associated with his myelopathy.
(4) In both conditions about half the number of cases presented clinically before the age of 3 months, when paraplegia was evident in only 5 of the 26 infants with tethered cord and 3 of the 25 with tethered roots.
(5) The experience with these patients and a critical review of the literature indicate that the use of extracorporeal circulation and avoidance of hypoxia and hypercapnia may decrease the probability of paraplegia.
(6) An incomplete transverse lesion of the cord with paraplegia was found in 61.7 per cent, a complete paralysis in 14.3 per cent of the cases.
(7) In contrast no dog in Group IV developed paraplegia.
(8) The main causes are Potts Disease, arachnoiditis, tropical spastic paraplegia, trauma, lathyrism and cord compression.
(9) There was one definitive neurological complication leading to the death of one patient at 4 months and one totally regressive paraplegia at the 2nd month with the patient recovering independent walking function.
(10) This observation relates a case of spinal arachnoiditis with paraplegia, for a 56 year old patient hospitalized for a S.A.H.
(11) Four of nine dogs in group 5 had complete paraplegia, three dogs showed varying degrees of recovery, and two dogs had no neurologic deficit.
(12) The incidence of renal dysfunction (7.4%) or paraplegia (2.1%) was not related to aortic cross-clamp time, and both were markedly decreased to 3.8% and 0.0%, respectively, when the cases of thoracoabdominal aneurysms were excluded.
(13) Spanking, in the last case, was the cause of an important luxation of T12-L1, at first with a complete paraplegia, and was associated with the fact that the child was only seen a few days after by a doctor and immediately referred.
(14) In order to study the effect of long-term administration of co-trimoxazole on renal function, creatinine clearance rates were measured in 18 patients with neurogenic hypotonia of the bladder due to paraplegia, quadriplegia, hemiplegia and cerebrocervical injuries.
(15) The loss of physical unctions is comparable to that in the case of paraplegia.
(16) Progressive neurological deficits were detected in 18 of 20 animals; severe paraparesis or paraplegia occurred in 75%, and sphincter dysfunction occurred in 55%.
(17) One-third of the infants with neuroblastoma presented with paraplegia and one-third with respiratory symptoms including wheeze, stridor and respiratory difficulty.
(18) After a severe polytraumatism, a 14 year-old boy presents paraplegia without vertebral lesion.
(19) The pathogenesis of the relapsing and remitting paraplegia and its relationship with pregnancy is probably multi-factorial.
(20) A 57-year-old man with clinical symptoms of dementia and spastic paraplegia revealed pathologically scattered cerebral arteriosclerotic changes and diffuse myelin destruction in the basis pontis.