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PALSY
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Irregular inflected form: palsied
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("palsy" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Derivation:
palsy (affect with palsy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Loss of the ability to move a body part
Synonyms:
palsy; paralysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("palsy" is a kind of...):
disfunction; dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palsy"):
akinesia; akinesis (motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis)
alalia (paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak)
cystoparalysis; cystoplegia (paralysis of the urinary bladder)
diplegia (paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body)
Erb's palsy; Erb-Duchenne paralysis (paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth))
monoplegia (paralysis of a single limb)
ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye)
paresis (a slight or partial paralysis)
paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma))
hemiplegia; unilateral paralysis (paralysis of one side of the body)
quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and both legs)
Derivation:
palsy (affect with palsy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affect with palsy
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "palsy" is one way to...):
paralyse; paralyze (cause to be paralyzed and immobile)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
palsy (a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor)
palsy (loss of the ability to move a body part)
Context examples:
The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common.
(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Survivors may develop long-term disabilities, such as intellectual impairment or cerebral palsy.
(Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation, NIH)
Symptoms include lethargy, vomiting, cranial nerve palsy, headache, and hemiplegia.
(Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by spastic quadriplegia, pseudobulbar palsy and encephalopathy.
(Central Pontine Myelinolysis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is not a manifestation of another disorder that may cause hypotonia (e.g., cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy).
(Benign Congenital Hypotonia, NCI Thesaurus)
Other causes of paralysis include: • Nerve diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • Autoimmune diseases such as Guillain-Barre syndrome • Bell's palsy, which affects muscles in the face
(Paralysis, NIH)
Signs and symptoms include dementia, cortical deafness and blindness, pseudobulbar palsy, and hemiplegia.
(Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder, NCI Thesaurus)
Relatively common conditions which may be associated with diabetic neuropathy include third nerve palsy (see OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES); MONONEUROPATHY; mononeuropathy multiplex; diabetic amyotrophy; a painful POLYNEUROPATHY; autonomic neuropathy; and thoracoabdominal neuropathy.
(Diabetic Neuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by both the tight muscle tone of spastic cerebral palsy and the writhing, involuntary muscle movements of athetoid cerebral palsy.
(Mixed Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)
This would be life-changing for patients with cerebral palsy, Lou Gehrig's disease, and other ailments that lead to loss of muscle function.
(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
