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- palsy noun /ˈpɔːlzi/ /ˈpɔːlzi/ [uncountable] (old-fashioned) paralysis (= loss of control or feeling in part or most of the body), especially when the arms and legs shake without control see also cerebral palsy
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a disease in which there is a loss or reduction of movement in a part of the body as a result of a problem with the brain or nerves: Facial nerve palsy is usually transient and shows a good response to steroids. Many patients who have had such surgery have suffered strokes and nerve palsies.
What does the word palsy mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word palsy . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
paralysis of any voluntary muscle as a result of some disorder in the nervous system, sometimes accompanied with involuntary tremors. verb transitive Word forms: ˈpalsied or ˈpalsying. 2. to afflict with or as with palsy; paralyze.
The noun palsy can be used to talk about an inability to move, or alternately, an uncontrollable shaking that's caused by some condition or disease. Some kinds of palsy affect one side of a person's face, leaving half of it paralyzed.
Palsy definition: any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.. See examples of PALSY used in a sentence.
pal•sy. (ˈpɔl zi) n., pl. -sies, n. 1. any of several conditions characterized by paralysis, as Bell's palsy. 2. any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts or of the entire body. v.t. 3. to paralyze.
