Thesaurus: palsy

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1. n. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
2. v. t. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
3. n. loss of the ability to move a body part
4. n. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
5. v. affect with palsy
6. 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. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
7. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. "One sick of thepalsy." Mark ii. 3. Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve,producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from SirCharles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.-- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.-- Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring inold people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shakingand tottering gait.
8. n:100 n. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor v. affect with palsy