paralysis
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The mystery affliction has killed at least 19 pachyderms, mostly females or young males, since June in Kenya -- with all of the animals exhibiting identical symptoms, including partial paralysis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In Australia, MMA is caused by the bite of the eastern paralysis tick.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In more severe cases, symptoms include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, vision loss, paralysis and coma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some individuals experience relatively mild symptoms for many years, while others develop serious disability and paralysis at a young age.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
What I had heard altered the look of the world, induced in me a temporary paralysis of will and impulse.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Sometimes these compounds act as deterrents: nicotine, for example, is produced by some plants and paralyses insects, whereas caffeine suppresses their appetite.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2020
Nothing proved more vividly the maxim that technology renders civilisation fragile than the great traffic paralyses of the late seventies.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
“No, not scared. I believe in providence: you go when you go. And what’s the point of being scared? It paralyses you. You function better without fear.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2017
In a recent Australian-made TV political thriller called Secret City, a cyber-attack paralyses the country's air traffic control system.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2016
There may be loss of speech, epilepsy, coma, paralyses, apoplectic hemiplegia, and so on.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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