Palsy /(?)/

Pal·sy

Palsy

n.

pl. Palsies

  1. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. (Med.)

Phrases & Compounds
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; now called parkinsonism, or Parkinson's disease.

Palsy

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying

  1. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.