Meaning of PALSY
| Pronunciation: | | 'polzee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
- [n] loss of the ability to move a body part
- [v] affect with palsy
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PALSY is a 5 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | paralysis |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | paralysis of a muscle or group of muscles. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Another term for paralysis (the inability to move a body part that is normally moveable via conscious effort). |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke 7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34). |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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