the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury

the fast-acting venom causes paralysis, breathing difficulties, and sometimes death

a creeping paralysis accompanied by nausea and vomiting

cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement

Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke