Palsy
111cerebral palsy — noun uncount a medical condition affecting someone s control over their movement and speech, usually caused by damage to the brain before or during birth …
112cerebral palsy — N UNCOUNT Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby s brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak …
113cerebral palsy — a disorder of movement and/or posture as a result of nonprogressive but permanent damage to the developing brain. This damage may occur before, during, or immediately after delivery and has many causes, including an inadequate supply of oxygen to …
114cerebral palsy — ► NOUN ▪ a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination and spastic paralysis, caused by damage to the brain before or at birth …
115Bell's palsy — n. [after Charles Bell (1774 1842), Scot anatomist who identified it] a usually temporary, sudden paralysis of the facial nerve resulting in weakened or paralyzed muscles on one side of the face …
116cerebral palsy — n. any of several nonprogressive motor disorders resulting from damage to the central nervous system, esp. before or during birth, and, usually, characterized by spastic paralysis …
117shaking palsy — n. PARKINSON S DISEASE …
118Erb's palsy — noun paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth) • Syn: ↑Erb Duchenne paralysis • Hypernyms: ↑paralysis, ↑palsy …
119scrivener's palsy — noun : writer s cramp * * * scrivener s palsy noun Writer s cramp • • • Main Entry: ↑scrivener …
120writer's palsy — noun see writer s cramp * * * writer s cramp, writer s palsy, or writer s spasm, pain and spasm of the muscles of the hand and fingers resulting from their excessive use in writing …
