Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Paralyzed: Describes a person or limb that has lost the ability to move or feel, typically due to illness or injury.
   • Crippled: Describes a condition of severe impairment or loss of function in a part of the body.

2. Noun (in medical contexts):

   • Polio (Poliomyelitis): An infectious viral disease that can affect nerves and lead to partial or full paralysis.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Sau tai nạn, chân anh ấy bị bại liệt. (After the accident, his leg was paralyzed.)
  • Căn bệnh để lại cho ông ấy một cánh tay bại liệt. (The illness left him with a crippled arm.)

• Noun:

  • Trẻ em cần được tiêm vắc-xin phòng bệnh bại liệt. (Children need to be vaccinated against polio.)
  • Dịch bại liệt đã được khống chế. (The polio epidemic has been contained.)

Advanced Usage

• "bại liệt tứ chi": Quadriplegia, paralysis of all four limbs.

  • Chấn thương cột sống dẫn đến bại liệt tứ chi. (The spinal injury resulted in quadriplegia.)

• "liệt bại": This is a less common variant with the same core meaning as "bại liệt," primarily used in formal or medical language.

Variants and Related Words

• Bệnh bại liệt (n): Polio, poliomyelitis.

  • Bệnh bại liệt từng là nỗi sợ hãi của nhiều bậc cha mẹ. (Polio was once a fear for many parents.)

• Liệt (adj/v): Paralyzed; to be paralyzed. (A more general term for paralysis).

  • Bệnh nhân bị liệt nửa người. (The patient is paralyzed on one side of the body.)

Synonyms

• Paralyzed: Unable to move.
• Palsied: Affected with paralysis or tremors (more literary/medical).
• Polio: The specific disease poliomyelitis.

Related Medical Terms

• Poliovirus: The virus that causes polio.
• Vaccine: The preventative treatment for polio (e.g., ).
• Paraplegia: Paralysis of the legs and lower body.
• Hemiplegia: Paralysis of one side of the body.

adj

1. Paralyzed, crippled
   • bệnh bại liệt
     polio (-myelitis)
   • dịch bại liệt
     a polio epidemic
   • tiêm phòng bại liệt
     to give anti-polio inoculations