flaccid paralysis
n · noun
Simple meaning
A neurological condition having weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause.Alberta Government Health and Wellness Acute Flaccid Paralysis Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈflæksɪdpɚˈæləsəs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
A neurological condition characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma).Alberta Government Health and Wellness Acute Flaccid Paralysis Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines.
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noun
Weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles
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This meaning: A neurological condition characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma).Alberta Government Health and Wellness Acute Flaccid Paralysis Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines.
Used this way, flaccid paralysis is a specialist word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It lands hard, so it overstates anything mild. It turns up most in medicine or healthcare and business or professional contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Very strong
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Harsh or blunt
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Business/professional
- Government/politics
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