- 1. n. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze. Source: opted
- 3. n. loss of the ability to move a body part Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor Source: wordnet
- 5. v. affect with palsy Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 n. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor v. affect with palsy Source: ecdict
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