general paralysis

noun

, Pathology.

1. a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of general paralysis¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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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