As a Noun: 1. The loss of feeling in your body or in part of it, especially the face, and to be unable to move it. English = paralysis. 2. A sudden and severe illness which affects your brain, and which often kills people or causes them to be paralysed on one side of their body. English = stroke. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To lose feeling in your body or in part of it, especially the face, and to be unable to move it. English = (be) paralysed. 2. To have a sudden and severe illness which affects your brain, and which often kills people or causes them to be paralysed on one side of their body. English = have a stroke.