Palsy
11palsy — n. cerebral palsy * * * [ pɔːlzɪ] cerebral palsy …
12palsy — [[t]pɔ͟ːlzi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Palsy is a loss of feeling in part of your body. → See also cerebral palsy Syn: paralysis …
13palsy — n paralysis, Pathol. cerebral palsy, Pathol. spastic paralysis; Pathol. shaking palsy, Pathol. paralysis agitans, Pathol. Parkinson s disease, Pathol. Parkinsonism …
14palsy — palsy1 palsylike, adj. /pawl zee/, n., pl. palsies, v., palsied, palsying. n. 1. any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body. 2. paralysis (def. 1b) …
15palsy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. paralysis. See disease. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. paralysis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson s disease; see disease …
16palsy — pal|sy [ˈpo:lzi US ˈpo:l ] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: paralisie, from Latin paralysis; PARALYSIS] 1.) an illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles 2.) old use ↑paralysis →↑cerebral… …
17palsy — [ pɔ:lzi, pɒl ] noun (plural palsies) 1》 dated paralysis, especially when accompanied by involuntary tremors. 2》 archaic a condition of incapacity or helplessness. verb (be palsied) be affected with palsy. Origin ME: from OFr. paralisie, from an… …
18palsy — noun (U) 1 old use paralysis (1) 2 an illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles see also: cerebral palsy …
19palsy — pal•sy [[t]ˈpɔl zi[/t]] n. pl. sies, 1) pat any of several conditions characterized by paralysis, as Bell s palsy 2) pat any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts or of the entire body 3) pat to… …
20palsy — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 paralysis, esp. with involuntary tremors. 2 a a condition of utter helplessness. b a cause of this. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 affect with palsy. 2 render helpless. Etymology: ME pa(r)lesi f. OF paralisie ult. f. L paralysis: see… …
