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FLACCID PARALYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flaccid paralysis mean? 

FLACCID PARALYSIS (noun)
  The noun FLACCID PARALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the musclesplay

  Familiarity information: FLACCID PARALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLACCID PARALYSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("flaccid paralysis" is a kind of...):

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)


 Context examples 


This results in flaccid paralysis of worm musculature allowing the worm to become dislodged by peristalsis and expelled from the body.

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