About The Word Palsy
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Palsy
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What's The Definition Of Palsy?
[n] a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
[n] loss of the ability to move a body part [v] affect with palsy Synonyms | Synonyms for Palsy: paralysis Related Terms | Find terms related to Palsy: ague | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | apoplexy | brain disease | bumpiness | catalepsy | cataplexy | cephalalgia | cerebral palsy | chattering | chorea | cold shivers | diplegia | emotional disorder | epilepsy | falling sickness | fits and starts | glossopharyngeal neuralgia | headache | hemiplegia | herpes zoster | infantile paralysis | ischialgia | jactation | jactitation | jerkiness | joltiness | migraine | MS | multiple sclerosis | nervous disorder | neuralgia | neuritis | neuropathy | organic psychosis | paralysis | paraplegia | paresis | polio | poliomyelitis | polyneuritis | pressure neuropathy | priapism | quaking | quavering | quivering | radiculitis | sciatic neuritis | sciatica | sensory paralysis | shakes | shaking | shaking palsy | shingles | shivering | shivers | shuddering | spasms | spastic paralysis | stroke | succussion | the jerks | tic douloureux | toxic psychosis | trembling | tremulousness | vibration See Also | akinesia | akinesis | alalia | cystoparalysis | cystoplegia | diplegia | disfunction | dysfunction | Erb-Duchenne paralysis | Erb's palsy | hemiplegia | monoplegia | ophthalmoplegia | paralyse | paralyze | paraplegia | paresis | quadriplegia | symptom | unilateral paralysis Palsy In Webster's Dictionary \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF.
paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.]
(Med.)
Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. ``One sick
of the palsy.'' --Mark ii. 3.
{Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing
distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir
Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.
{Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}.
{Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually
occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors
and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.
\Pal"sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palsied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palsying}.] To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze. |
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