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general paralysis
noun
, Pathology.
- a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of general paralysis1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
By that time the general paralysis of authority was ended by the king's personal intervention.
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Curara placed on the skin had no effect, but on the branchiæ led to general paralysis.
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Hal here is suffering from a general paralysis, said Filhiol.
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The charge was dropped, he was sent to an asylum, and there he died two years later from general paralysis of the insane.
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From the middle of 1899 his malady grew rapidly worse, and general paralysis followed.
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