Usage Note
Paralysé (feminine: paralysée) is used both literally for physical paralysis and figuratively, as in paralysé par la peur ('paralysed by fear'). The related noun is paralysie and the verb is paralyser. In formal medical contexts paralytique may appear as an alternative adjective.
Examples
"Il reste paralysé après l'accident."
Natural Translation
He remains paralysed after the accident.
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