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PALSY n. 2 definitions
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 pal…
PALSYWORT n.
The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.
BELL'S PALSY n.
Paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face.
IMPALSY v.
To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]
HEMIPLEGIA n.
A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic, a.
INARTICULATE a.
Incapable of articulating. [R.] The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy. Walpole.
PALESIE; PALESY n.
Palsy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PALSICAL a.
Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [R.] Johnson.
PALSIED a.
Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
PARALYSIS n.
he power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory." G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. Duke of Argyll (1887).
PARALYTIC a.
Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.
PARALYZE v.
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
PARAPLEGIA; PARAPLEGY n.
Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord. -- Par`a*pleg"ic, a.
SCRIVENER n.
A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.
STAG-EVIL n.
A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. Crabb.
TORMENT v.
To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Matt. viii. 6.
WASTING a.
e; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.
WRITER n.
e of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. Wharton (Law. Dict.) -- Writer's cramp, palsy, or spasm (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy. -- Writer to the signet. See under…