Palsy — Defs

01 n. Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

pl. Palsies ((#))

1.
Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.(Med.) See: Paralysis

Phrases & compounds

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 — 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.

02 v. t. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying

1.
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.