Palsy
101Wasting palsy — Wasting Wast ing, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. [1913 Webster] {Wasting palsy} (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under {Progressive}. [1913 Webster] …
102diver's palsy — div·er s palsy .dī vərz n DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS …
103lead palsy — n localized paralysis caused by lead poisoning esp. of the extensor muscles of the forearm resulting in wrist drop …
104shaking palsy — shak·ing palsy shā kiŋ n PARKINSON S DISEASE * * * an archaic name for Parkinson s disease (see parkinsonism). * * * Parkinson disease …
105Bell nerve palsy (paralysis) phenomenon — (bel) [Sir Charles Bell, Scottish physiologist in London, 1774–1842] see nervus thoracicus longus, and see under palsy and phenomenon …
106Erb palsy — Erb Duchenne palsy see under paralysis …
107oculomotor palsy — oculomotor nerve palsy oculomotor paralysis …
108trochlear palsy — trochlear nerve palsy paralysis of the trochlear nerve, with diplopia and pain at the corner of the orbit; many cases are idiopathic, and a few are complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Called also fourth nerve p …
109ulnar palsy — ulnar nerve palsy ulnar neuropathy …
110cerebral palsy — [ US .ˌ.. ˈ..] n [U] a disease caused by damage to the brain before or during birth which results in difficulties of movement and speech …