flaccid paralysis

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   weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles

   Broadernervous disorder

Questions about flaccid paralysis

What does flaccid paralysis mean?

flaccid paralysis means "weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles".

Is flaccid paralysis a common word?

flaccid paralysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.