| slovo | definícia |
palsy
(mass) | palsy
- ochnutie |
palsy
(encz) | palsy,obrna n: Zdeněk Brož |
palsy
(encz) | palsy,ochrnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
palsy
(encz) | palsy,paralýza n: Zdeněk Brož |
Palsy
(gcide) | Palsy \Pal"sy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Palsying.]
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action
or energy; to paralyze.
[1913 Webster] |
Palsy
(gcide) | Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. Palsies. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF.
paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.]
(Med.)
Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. "One sick of
the palsy." --Mark ii. 3.
[1913 Webster]
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, (Med.) 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
palsy
(wn) | palsy
n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis,
palsy]
2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
v 1: affect with palsy |
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