noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
infantile paralysis
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■ VERB
cause
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The leaves, and especially the seeds, can cause vomiting, paralysis , even death.
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And a stroke that suddenly killed perhaps 30 percent of the neurons in the motor strip would also cause paralysis .
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Two shots were fired by an officer, and a bullet damaged Mrs Groce's spine causing permanent paralysis .
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Invasion of the spinal cord causes paralysis of the arms and legs or of the trunk.
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The snake's venom courses through the bloodstream of the chameleon, causing instant paralysis .
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In one, his incision caused paralysis of the right limbs; in the other he caused deafness.
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Injected when the animal.bites, the saliva causes paralysis .
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A miscalculation could cause blindness or paralysis .
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Such injuries can cause permanent paralysis .
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The new President promised to end years of government paralysis .
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Her left arm still dangled in painful paralysis .
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Sarah Benton discusses the paralysis of political debate on the Gulf in Britain.
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The Communist Party's paralysis is one factor, but the prime responsibility lies with Labour's manic political caution.
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They did not, as hoped, prevent or cure paralysis .
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This is implied by the dyspraxia that sometimes occurs in frontal or parietal lobe disease in the absence of paralysis .
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Those left with residual paralysis faced a range of ill effects, from the minor to the life-changing.
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To prevent certain paralysis they needed to perform a series of operations to graft a spinal vertebra.