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semi-paralyzed

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semi-paralyzed (not comparable)

  1. Partially paralyzed.
    • 1873, Edward Carroll Franklin, The Science and Art of Surgery - Volume 2, page 157:
      Thus for instance the paralysis may not extend to all the parts below the injury; it may be attended by severe pain in some of the semi-paralyzed parts; or , motion may be affected in one limb and sensibility in another.
    • 1895, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, A Text-book of Practical Medicine, page 1008:
      Sometimes the face remains semi-paralyzed after the other signs of paralysis have disappeared.
    • 2021, Rustam Atashov, Zamirbek Osorov, The Blessed Almakan:
      If we put an end to regionalism and normalize the flow of great energies in the body of Kyrgyzstan, then there will be a very rapid healing of the whole country and people, who have been vegetating in a semi-paralyzed state for many decades due to the grave illness of tribalism and regionalism.